Donald Trump is serious about privatizing veterans’ care

[DonViejo]

07/12/16 08:40 AM—UPDATED 07/12/16 08:59 AM

By Steve Benen

In the last presidential election, Mitt Romney briefly flirted with a provocative idea. On Veterans’ Day, the 2012 Republican nominee said, “Sometimes you wonder, would there be some way to introduce some private sector competition” into veterans’ care?

It didn’t take long for a spokesperson for Veterans of Foreign Wars to explain the VFW “doesn’t support privatization of veterans’ health care,” and Romney quickly retreated. The former governor was just kicking around a hypothetical scenario, Romney said at the time, not pitching a policy he’d pursue.

Four years later, Republicans are less concerned about a confrontation with veterans and their advocates. In May, Donald Trump floated the idea of pushing VA health care toward privatization, and as the Wall Street Journal reported, the presumptive 2016 nominee went even further yesterday.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Monday said that as president he would press for an extensive overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs, making it a more privatized system of care and giving veterans a direct line to the White House.

During a campaign speech in Virginia Beach, Va., Mr. Trump presented a 10-point plan for the embattled department, calling for greater privatization of veterans’ care than presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

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[tallahasseedem]

1. No, No, and No...

NO government programs should ever be for profit. EVER!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Some time ago,someone posted a story

about the Koch Brothers has or have formed a Hospital Subsidiary specifically for the take over of the V.A.. Just be aware,this idea has been floating out there for some time. All part of the Libertarian ideal of bleeding the beast.

[Orsino]

3. No, he's not.

That would involve work.

[nykym]

4. The first question one needs to ask when

privatization rears its ugly head is;
What is the sole purpose of a corporation?
Answer; to make a profit, nothing else.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Of course

Anything to enrich his buddies.