Pundits Wrong on Slashing Military Benefits

Turning the VA over to private companies is wrong on so many levels but you would first have to be able to think beyond a few words that sound good.

Here's an example of what can happen with doing something like what the GOP proudly say they want to do.


Hospitals That Have Closed In New York City

Look at the long list of hospitals in New York alone. Then think back to the reports out of your own state when hospitals had to close. Turn the VA over to private hands and that is exactly what could happen to them and then, then where would they go? As it is there are not enough VA hospitals and clinics to take care of all of them. Many have to travel to different states just to get the treatment they need.

Here in central Florida, we have the VA clinic in Winter Park, a hospital in Tampa and a few small clinics but the Lake Nona hospital is finally coming in two years. All these years it's been a battle to be able to get to the VA doctors and as it is, they are cutting back appointments for mental health care older veterans who use the VA like a lifeline. Why? Not enough doctors to go around and take care of all the PTSD cases.

The Lake Nona Hospital ground breaking ceremony was two years ago right before the election. Why? Political gain and that's just about it. Drive by the massive building now being built off of 417 and you'll have to scratch your head for a long time to understand two years ago, they all stood in front of a crowd, spread of food, made speeches knowing full well it would take 4 years to be finished from that point on.

$656 million dollar hosptial will do what if the GOP turn it over to private companies? There are more hospitals and clinics built on tax payer dime, just as tax-payers pay for the care of our veterans who took care of us in the first place. It is a debt we owe to them and not the other way around but if you listen to some talk about how it would be a good thing for the goverment to get out of the business of taking care of veterans, they better start off by saying the govermnet should get out of the defense business first, then security and then maybe, stop making more veterans needing the services of the VA.

If you look at the VA and what is not working, some want to limit their thoughts to what is right in front of them. Instead of doing what it takes to master what the VA got right so far and fixing what is still wrong,they want to just cut it all but never once explain what happens after that.

Seems to me that it will be too late to explain anything to our veterans when we have broken the primary promise to care for those who took care of us first.

When it is said the GOP support the military, they never say that they are talking about contractors and not the men and women we send. Here's one more thing you have to read.

Pundits Wrong on Slashing Military Benefits
November 1, 2010 posted by Michael Leon


On Monday, CNBC interviewed two defense analysts asking “What if?” the military trimmed its health care budget during these lean economic times. -

From the American Veteran:

What followed was a misleading dialogue over how the military currently cares for those in uniform and what our military men and women rely upon once they leave the service.

Mackenzie Eaglen of the Heritage Foundation never served in the military and Todd Harrison of CSBA Budget Studies served a brief stint in the Air Force Reserve. Both pundits have made a career of analyzing military decision-making and military budget processes, often generating sound discussion on where the military should invest its resources. Unfortunately, both have recently set their sights on slashing benefits for the brave men and women tasked with fighting our nation’s wars.

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Pundits Wrong on Slashing Military Benefits