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Originally Posted by wendybeth
Well, as Prudence pointed out- the vets know the score, and they keep score. Our state has a very high vet ratio per capita, and our hospitals are a train-wreck.
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As wife to one disabled vet and daughter-in-law to another, I see the letters they have been getting regularly in the past two years telling them what is no longer covered. And, of course, since my father-in-law's Gulf War Syndrome doesn't really exist, he has difficulty getting care.
As for other, more ordinary evidence - I don't have any off the top of my head. I will note that the cuts-were-in-the-increase argument cuts both ways. If the actual increases don't keep pace with inflation, and if the number of incoming people exceeds the number of people that conveniently drop dead, then the individual service level goes down. Like when my employer tells me that I'm getting $50 more per month this year in salary, but I'll be paying $200 more a month in mandatory, can't-opt-out health insurance. I don't care what the machinations behind the scenes are - bottom line is I get less.
And the politician who's made the biggest name for herself in the state for VA stuff is a democrat. Not my favorite democrat, mind you, but a democrat nonetheless.
Does anyone remember that story from a few months ago where budget proposals were released showing the deficit shrinking, and then people panicked because there were big cuts to the VA, which was followed by news that they weren't really cutting VA funds, it was just where they cut money in the proposal to make the deficit look smaller? I was trying to find that to follow to some other things, and now I can't find it.