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Re:Most US jobs created since 2005 are not conventional full... by rtx on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:37PM (#15552183)
Government should have its own infra and hire medical professionals. They should leave the private sector alone.
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Re:Most US jobs created since 2005 are not conventional full... by prklmn on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:07PM (#15552521)
We have that now, it's called the Veteran's Association (VA). It's kind of a mess.
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Re:Most US jobs created since 2005 are not conventional full... by gehwartzen on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:33PM (#15554883)
Out of curiosity I looked up and found that the estimated VA budget (in 2014) for "Hospital and Medical Care" was $55.4 billion. This covered ~22m Vets at the time. So a rough estimate for a national equivalent of VA care would be $800B/yr or maybe $850B-1T in todays dollars.
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