(11-09-2024, 05:28 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

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

Simply add all eligible veterans to Medicare on discharge. It's a simple inelegant solution that would actually work.

It would be pretty dismissive of service-specific injuries and mental illnesses to just throw them into gen pop like that.  Maybe it's fine.  The questions of efficiency and efficacy are what would persuade me.  I have heard that the VA provides more care for less money and better outcomes, even though patients are less happy. They're like the frontier airlines of care.  They got to their destination safe, but it was cramped and the nurse was mean to them.  Is that true?

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