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Not all veterans use the VA radical noodle Dec 2016 #1
Did he have a service related injury jberryhill Dec 2016 #4
He never talked about it radical noodle Dec 2016 #5
I was drafted back during the 'Nam years but no longer use the VA. Elwood P Dowd Dec 2016 #20
Good question. nm AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #2
Privatization of the VA is an evil and insane proposition A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2016 #3
Privatization Equals Death for some of the vets bearssoapbox Dec 2016 #6
I think I will defer to the Vets SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2016 #7
To be honest I have wondered why we need the VA at all because can't they get similar care via cstanleytech Dec 2016 #8
No, how many GP's have experience with Dioxin. denbot Dec 2016 #9
Don't Privatize the VA queentonic Dec 2016 #10
+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2016 #16
Privatizing the VA Turbineguy Dec 2016 #11
I've never understood how extracting profits from a formerly non-profit agency "reduces costs." hunter Dec 2016 #15
It reduces costs by reducing benefits. Turbineguy Dec 2016 #22
On the other hand madokie Dec 2016 #12
Several things here... Lee-Lee Dec 2016 #13
As a follow up I just asked one of our IT security guys at work Lee-Lee Dec 2016 #14
Thanks. If true then the VA needs to get itself secure. As do all health providers McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #21
The VA scheduling system went online in 1985 and to this day it is unchanged Lee-Lee Dec 2016 #26
Why do we need to privatize the VA? Iggo Dec 2016 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #18
Thank you for your valued opinion. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #23
People forget that Bernie Sanders and John McCain started the privatization in 2014. former9thward Dec 2016 #19
The VA has essentially closed it by not paying providers Lee-Lee Dec 2016 #25
Thanks for the information. former9thward Dec 2016 #29
THE best piece on the Kochs' VA privatization scheme: A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2016 #24
You don't need to privatise it entirely but you could help out a lot of veterans if they were Alekzander Dec 2016 #27
Privatizing will be so much more costly. Trust Buster Dec 2016 #28
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