--- 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





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