In 2019 the Trump administration proposed shifting billions of dollars from government-run veterans’ hospitals to private health care providers. The guidelines would make it easier for veterans to receive care in privately run hospitals and have the government pay for it. Veterans would also be allowed access to a system of proposed walk-in clinics, which would serve as a bridge between V.A. emergency rooms and private providers. Proponents argue that privatization is necessary because Veterans’ hospitals, which treat seven million patients annually, have struggled to see patien…
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@B4NYRYB6mos6MO
More, but instead create an independent body to handle Veterans healthcare as different from other areas of healthcare.
Less (NO) privatization. Veterans deserve the absolute best care, in facilities that cater to their unique needs, with fellow soldiers they can relate to.
Create a single-player healthcare system that will also fund Veteran care, and conduct their care at facilities that liaise between the Pentagon and the National Health.
@942N22J3yrs3Y
Profit doesnt belong in medicine
Less, completely keep it under government control, and increase funding to improve the current system.
@BRPfriend4yrs4Y
Less, we should move to a single-payer system that doesn't segregate citizens by veteran status
@8P3Q6SP5yrs5Y
it’s the choice of veterans.
@8KPTCWW5yrs5Y
More, government involvement in anything doesn't work. A private business and competition would help vets more than the government can or wants to.
@96ZCL5DRepublican3yrs3Y
Abolish privatization of medicine. Fund a single payer system
@8DJKNW45yrs5Y
Less, lower the privatization until it is government owned or regulated.
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