Donald Trump spoke this afternoon about his plans for veterans' health care. He proposes having the VA hospitals compete with regular hospitals in providing care. He would also let veterans go to any doctor who takes medicare to get treatment rather than forcing them to visit a VA hospital. There's more to Trump's plans, but let's stop here for a moment.
For the last few years, we have heard how veterans have been waiting for many months to get care. Many have actually died while awaiting treatment by the VA. Instead of fixing the problem, the VA just created phony records that made it look like there was prompt treatment for the vets when there was not. Over the last two years, president Obama has done nothing to speed up providing treatment to the vets. Indeed, Obama has made no proposals to Congress for changes that might improve the VA system. Instead, all we have heard from Obamaland is a call for an investigation of VA officials which investigation has not produced anything yet. It is Obama's typical reaction to the discovery of a big failure by his administration. He never admits the problem and he certainly never fixes the problem. Instead, we get no change but Obama calls for an investigation that either never ends or finds nothing wrong.
Trump's plan is some simple common sense ideas to help these men and women who have given so much for all of us. There are other Republicans with plans for the VA as well. It's time to get a president who actually wants to accomplish something that will help people.
For the last few years, we have heard how veterans have been waiting for many months to get care. Many have actually died while awaiting treatment by the VA. Instead of fixing the problem, the VA just created phony records that made it look like there was prompt treatment for the vets when there was not. Over the last two years, president Obama has done nothing to speed up providing treatment to the vets. Indeed, Obama has made no proposals to Congress for changes that might improve the VA system. Instead, all we have heard from Obamaland is a call for an investigation of VA officials which investigation has not produced anything yet. It is Obama's typical reaction to the discovery of a big failure by his administration. He never admits the problem and he certainly never fixes the problem. Instead, we get no change but Obama calls for an investigation that either never ends or finds nothing wrong.
Trump's plan is some simple common sense ideas to help these men and women who have given so much for all of us. There are other Republicans with plans for the VA as well. It's time to get a president who actually wants to accomplish something that will help people.
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