(11-09-2024, 11:11 AM)Jag149 Wrote:

(11-09-2024, 10:54 AM)mikesez Wrote: I used to agree, now I'm not so sure.  With so much over-consolidation in hospitals, and some rural areas so underserved, I feel like we need more government owned hospitals, not fewer.  Not sure.  Would have to look at the efficacy/efficiency of it.

Most of the dissatisfaction people have with the VA has to do with the process of determining if something is service related or not.  It's an extra step other health systems don't have.

I disagree. The government is the the least efficient option.  I would rather have the decision whether it is service related remain with them, but the private sector actually treat the patients. I can remember one study where they created 35k jobs. It only cost something like 78k to create them...

The added volume should allow the hospitals in rural areas to remain open and avoid the spread of under served areas.