--- In [email protected], Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure how efficient the V.A. is, although I heard recently, that they, are running out of money quickly, and are asking for a doubling of thier budget; > This seems to be due to two reason, > 1. the aging of the previous vets needing service; > 2. The thousands of wounded vets from the current war, who will need much in the way of both physical, emotional, mental, as well as spiritual rehabilitation, for many years to come...
The Republicans have been seriously underfunding the VA. And the administration wildly underestimated the number of injured vets returning from Iraq who were going to require medical care. <snip> > > Aside from the fact that the administration and > > Congress have refused to fund it adequately, the > > Veterans Administration shows that government-run > > health care *can* function well in this country. > [Lawson wrote:] > You've got to be kidding. The VA is incredibly inefficient. Not so. See this post on the Washington Monthly "Political Animal" blog: http://tinyurl.com/7x5px It discusses a much longer report that appeared in the regular Washington Monthly, available here: http://tinyurl.com/6rasu To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
