Tom the Paco Man,
I to see pluses and minuses on both sides of the issue.
I just thought the statement:
[When the VA gives up control of healthcare services and hands it over to private doctors and institutions... it's OBVIOUS that veterans will lose in the long term!]
is such an all encompassing statement that it can't be totally correct. I hate all encompassing statements. Very seldom are things totally black and white.
If you live in a rural area such I do, it would great to have a "card" the veteran could use at the local hospitals. Traveling over to Seattle which is over 100 miles away and in the winter a major mountain pass to cross should not be a requirement for VA care. Yet I know several men who have to travel that route in order to get medical services.
You are a wise man or a politician, Sir Tom of Paco, "Here's a first......for once...I do not have an informed opinion." No opinion from Paco.
Keith
