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Re:Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Not Experiencing the S... by Supermancho on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:04PM (#23082870)
> The government has already shown it can't be trusted to care for us.

Insofar as socialist medicine is concerned, the US VA is quite good. I do not have the same confidence across the general population. I do believe there is evidence that the incompetence at the executive level has too much sway over something like a national medical plan for citizens and I would not be trusting by default.

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Re:Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Not Experiencing the S... by claytongulick on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:15PM (#23083000)
Have you ever actually been treated at a VA? I have. I'm a disabled vet. Let me be clear: few people would chose care at a VA if private care were an option.
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Re:Why Conservatives and Liberals Are Not Experiencing the S... by downerending on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:26PM (#23083106)
I've heard many bad things about the VA. It's also true that a vet friend of mine who works in many old folks' homes has told me that the nearby VA one is the best and the one she'd like to be placed in, when the time comes.

I do think we owe it to our vets to have care at least as good as what non-vets get, at a minimum.

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