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NO. It has NOT worked elsewhere. EXAMPLE: I better not post it, but Florida has PRIVATIZED some state agencies. No decrease in costs due to more delay in services, which add to the cost.Tricare going up would seem to indicate that privatization is needed to keep the costs down.
Tricare going up would seem to indicate that privatization is needed to keep the costs down.
Tricare going up would seem to indicate that privatization is needed to keep the costs down.
Privatizing the VA turns the interest of caring for Veterans into an economic one. Companies like Lockheed and Northrop Grunman, as much as they love to play the patriotic card, still do everything they can to make money off of the government. If we turn the VA over to a private company, then you will see this replicated there. Instead of being focused on providing the most effective care, you will see a focus on being profitable. I am a very strong proponent of privatization in most other areas, but the care of our Veterans is much to important for it to be left in the hands of a privately owned corporation.
That being said, the VA does, and should continue too, make use of the private sector in order to provide the best possible care to Veterans. This can come in the form of partnerships with various organizations, or working hand in hand with private medical facilities, as long as the overall control stays with the government.
I spent 15 1/2 years as a County Director and a Deputy State Director of Veterans' Affairs.
The best VA Hospitals have affiliations with outstanding Private Teaching Hospitals.
NYU Medical Center( NYUMC) is among the 5 best hospitals in the USA. They are affiliated with the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Hospitals. The NYU Medical Doctors that teach are at the top of their fields.
NYUMC has advanced Medical Technology and will treat Veterans there when the need arises.
Tampa VA Hospital is affiliated with the University of South Florida which is also a Teaching Hospital with advanced Medical Technology.
The one thing that would help all VA hospitals would be to allow them to bill Medicare and keep the money.
I helped in the writing of the original legislation. Thank God the chairs of the Veterans Committees in the House and Senate keep bringing it up, regardless of their political affiliation.
When you take into consideration that politicians couldn't even run a post office without stealing stamps or supervise Fannie Mae without using it for a payoff for no show jobs you get an inkling about the federal government's concept of job security. The VA works but when you consider that government employees are guaranteed a salary no matter what they do and overhead and useless programs are funded without scrutiny you get a feeling that maybe the private sector could do it better and cheaper.
When you take into consideration that politicians couldn't even run a post office without stealing stamps or supervise Fannie Mae without using it for a payoff for no show jobs you get an inkling about the federal government's concept of job security. The VA works but when you consider that government employees are guaranteed a salary no matter what they do and overhead and useless programs are funded without scrutiny you get a feeling that maybe the private sector could do it better and cheaper.
There are certain disabilities that no other hospitals or medical centers have had to deal with. When it comes to Post Traumatic Disorder ( which is not a Psychiatric Disease like Schizophrenia )., the VA has the most experience in combat Veterans. I do not trust private Psychiatrists.
PTSD is a sane reaction to the horrors war.
When you take into consideration that politicians couldn't even run a post office without stealing stamps or supervise Fannie Mae without using it for a payoff for no show jobs you get an inkling about the federal government's concept of job security. The VA works but when you consider that government employees are guaranteed a salary no matter what they do and overhead and useless programs are funded without scrutiny you get a feeling that maybe the private sector could do it better and cheaper.
There are certain disabilities that no other hospitals or medical centers have had to deal with. When it comes to Post Traumatic Disorder ( which is not a Psychiatric Disease like Schizophrenia )., the VA has the most experience in treating combat Veterans. I do not trust private Psychiatrists.
PTSD is a sane reaction to the horrors war.
I am a very strong proponent of privatization in most other areas, but the care of our Veterans is much to important for it to be left in the hands of a privately owned corporation.
Your post is stupid. Outsourcing has not worked. You are about 20 years behind. Veterans don't WANT their care to be someone's 'economic' interest. A system that does not have to make a profit can provide services more easily than one that has to turn a profit at the end of the day.
Very juvenile response. Then you would call the 8.5 million Veterans enrolled in the VA Health Care System idiots too? All you know about the VA Health Care System are problems encountered in one VA Hospital in Maine.
2/3 of those who served in Vietnam enlisted in the Armed Forces.
I enlisted in the USMC and served as an Infantry Fire Team Leader in Vietnam 67-68 with the 1st Bn 4th Marines. Northern I Corps where we fought the North Vietnamese Army.
I do not need you crap. The End!