--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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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