The VA has been a fucking death warrant for many. My own experiences have been horrible.
Sorry to hear that. But most every veteran I've met claims to receive top notch care
Problems I have found with the V.A. they are overwhelmed to a large degree with patients, hogtied to federal mandates to hire minorities...specifically negroes...many of which are incompetent rude and difficult to get rid of even after they are discovered to be incompetent....this is true of just about every federal governmental agency...their operation must conform with political correctness...makes it difficult to conduct operations in an efficient and exemplary manner.
One big thing they need to do is to listen to their patients complaints....they need to set up a office at each v.a. facility to take complaints and give this feedback legitimate analysis to improve their operations.
Bottom Line: Our whole health care system is a disaster....due mainly to greedy insurance companies as well as the medical doctors themselves...many of whom just get into medicine to get rich.
If I were the great dictator....I would get the insurance companies out of the health field....federalize the whole friggin mess.....start off by inducting all physicians into national service based on the fact our current health crisis is a threat to our national security....and then set a reasonable salary for health care workers as well as the physicians themselves.....hospital costs need to be dramatically decreased, people need to be educated on self preventivive measures that will enhance their health and thus reduce the patient overload of all of our hospitals and emergency rooms.
Good health clinics need to be established in all the poor neighborhoods where people can just walk in and be assured they will get good care and not have to wait for hours to see a doctor....Cuba as poor as it is........ actually has a good health care system...we need to look at how they operate and copy what of their system is the most relevant for us.
The reality today is the more money you have ....the better your health care...outragous....every citizen should have as good as health care as any other....in order to improve the health of the nation....everyone should have equal access to health care irregardless of their financial situation.