VA Claims It Is On Right Track With Veterans Care

First, notice the claim made.

VA Is On Right Track With Veterans Care
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
Highlands Today Staff

Published: January 11, 2008

The Veterans Administration deserves praise for new ideas that should provide quality treatment for veterans. Someone figured out that proper caring for veterans starts early and involves all kinds of services. It's happening right here in Highlands County.

Besides VA hospitals, clinics are providing a lot of care for veterans. Just as important, when soldiers return to the states, before they are discharged, mental health evaluations begin and continue long after leaving the service. For combat soldiers there is continual monitoring so problems not first realized immediately upon arrival back in the country are dealt with if they do surface. That often happens, according to experts.

The basic idea of this new system is to provide all levels of quality care for veterans. All of us agree this is important and critical for the men and women who serve our nation. If that requires more funding, so be it. For too long VA medical care was good in some places and below average in others. It appears this has greatly improved.

Users of the VA clinic in Highlands County sing the praises of the facility and staff who supply their medical needs. If more complicated care is necessary, they can go to a VA hospital.

The VA is on the right track and we're proud of the work they are doing for our veterans.

Did you notice there is not one specific statistic to support the claim made? Did you notice they have not provided any documentation to back up the claim?

This they keep doing. They make all kinds of claims to make it seem as if everything is just fine and they are on top of taking care of our veterans. The problem is, they are not. Do they think the general public and veterans are idiots? Do they really think if they reassure enough, the veterans finding they have to wait six months to be seen think it's only happening to them?

I have no doubt that there have been improvements in addressing their needs, but it equals a pin prick in changes when drastic surgery is vital to correct the damage done.