To Properly Care for Veterans, Do We Really Need a VA Health System?

<p><span style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The ongoing VA scandal is indeed unfortunate and sad. In a speech on May 30, 2014, in Washington, DC, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/us/politics/va-chief-eric-shinseki.html">Eric K. Shinseki apologized</a> for the “systemic, totally unacceptable lack of integrity” shown by some administrators in managing the Veterans Administration health care system hospitals and clinics. Within hours of the apology, Secretary Shinseki <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/us/politics/eric-shinseki-resigns-as-veterans-affairs-head.html">resigned</a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">It is clear that the trouble within the VA has been brewing for some time. The fuse that set off this latest explosion may have been <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/longform/news/arizona/investigations/2014/05/31/va-scandal-whistleblower-sam-foote/9830057/">whistleblower claims</a> that managers at the Phoenix VA Medical Center were keeping two sets of books which logged wait times for veterans seeking primary care appointments. There are allegations that some of the delays resulted in veteran deaths. Acting VA Inspector General Richard J. Griffin issued a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/us/va-report-confirms-improper-waiting-lists-at-phoen...
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