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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@9H44T3W 1yr1Y
I think all people should be able to see any doctor of their choice but veterans should get a priority over others ranked on the amount of time served and the rank they were
@9DNSK242yrs2Y
Increase funding and improve current system and allow use of private insurance even in conjunction with VA
@96PC4SK3yrs3Y
Less, and socialize all healthcare
@99G5BWC2yrs2Y
Switch to a single-payer healthcare system for all.
@9CS4YY92yrs2Y
Veteran with an honorable discharge or honorable medical discharge with a time of service longer than two years should have free healthcare.
@95V53YS3yrs3Y
No privatization of Veterans' healthcare.
@95RKSV63yrs3Y
Everyone should have healthcare, preferably single-payer
@93NPF6Z3yrs3Y
So many vets are not afforded the care they deserve, there needs to be more support and more resources
@93NHPVJ3yrs3Y
less, there should be no private Healthcare
No healthcare should be privatized at all. Healthcare should be a public good, funded by taxing 70% of every dollar after $10 million, 80% of every dollar after $50 million, 90% of every dollar after $100 million, 95% of every dollar after $500 million, and 100% of every dollar after $1 billion.
@927BNJ8Republican3yrs3Y
Veterans should be able to use medical care resources outside the VA system when there is no VA facility within 75 miles of the veteran's home or free transportation to a VA facility
@8YJ2BTD3yrs3Y
Keep Tricare and make them a ton easier to work with, but allow vets to see any doctor they want
@8VVBYGS4yrs4Y
less because we should focus on making healthcare available to everyone
@8TBTKSP4yrs4Y
Single payer Medicare system.
@8T7PB6G4yrs4Y
Veterans should be able to see the health provider of their choice but so should the rest of us. We should have a single-payer system where anyone can see any doctor.
@8NKHMY95yrs5Y
Not enough info to make an opinion
Less, healthcare for everyone should be given free by the government with the end of private insurance and health care companies
@8GHYX955yrs5Y
Neither keep it the same
Healthcare should not be private at all
@99WBMGR2yrs2Y
No, private health care should be eliminated and replaced with socialized health care.
@97MDD3K3yrs3Y
Less, switch to a single-payer system for all residents of our country.
@8G2MN6D5yrs5Y
We should increase funding to current system.
@8C54W575yrs5Y
@9X5RB4HIndependent7mos7MO
these people fought, and gave up their bodies for us, lets them go where ever they please in health care I wouldn't mind paying it.
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