And what has been proposed? Outsourcing care to more expensive civilian hospitals to clear the back log created by recent wars.XtremeJibber2001 wrote:Lesser care? I'm not sure. Less timely? Yes. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-328deadheadskier wrote:Are you so sure our veterans are receiving lesser care than the civilian population?XtremeJibber2001 wrote:The Veteran's Administration is a prime example of failure, yet some still wish that for all of us.
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Small sample size, but the number of failures within it suggest a pervasive issue at the VA - one that's not acceptable to me. Today, I can call my doctor and walk in the same day for treatment.GAO found that not all newly enrolled veterans were able to access primary care from the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and others experienced wide variation in the amount of time they waited for care. Sixty of the 180 newly enrolled veterans in GAO's review had not been seen by providers at the time of the review; nearly half were unable to access primary care because VA medical center staff did not schedule appointments for these veterans in accordance with VHA policy. The 120 newly enrolled veterans in GAO's review who were seen by providers waited from 22 days to 71 days from their requests that VA contact them to schedule appointments to when they were seen, according to GAO's analysis. These time frames were impacted by limited appointment availability and weaknesses in medical center scheduling practices, which contributed to unnecessary delays.
Sure sounds like fiscal conservatism to me. Let's pick the most expensive option and stick it to the tax payer because gosh darn it my ideology tells me that private industry is always run more efficiently.
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