ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

[Bob Butler 54]

(08-21-2017, 01:33 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: I've used the VA in Orlando and in Daytona since I separated from the service.  I was not impressed at all, thankfully it was for routine issues I have to deal with rather than anything major.  I definately would not go to the VA for anything psychological like PTSD.  Maybe you found a decent apple in a barrel of bad ones.  It happens sometimes.

I would argue that Medicare for Everyone would not preclude the establishment of clinics and sundry providers.  Ideally we should have the actual provision of services private while the insurance aspects would be public.  This would bring us into line with counties like Germany which use the Bismarck Model.

Part of it is the notion that one should keep cutting domestic services.  There is only so much you can cut and still give the illusion of doing what one is supposed to be doing.  The VA wasn't always this bad.  There's nothing wrong with the model, but a lot wrong with the politicians that are crippling it. Some folk have economic values, and saving a buck is just more important than helping people.

It's different if your not the person saving a buck, but the person who needs help.