About ten years ago I was talking to an old veteran at the VA Hospital here in Houston. He told me he had cancer and would die within about six months because the VA didn’t treat him in time. This has been happening for decades.
For those idiots who worship Obama and his government run healthcare, look at what you’re getting! The VA is the perfect example of government screwing something up.
I believe that a large part of the problem is the culture of the mid levels of management inside the VA, thanks to union and civil service rules, it is effectively impossible to fire anyone. I was listening to C-span on the radio and caught one of the Veterans organizations telling the story of someone proven incompetent, still being paid for three years after being removed from a position of responsibility. Untill several bureaucrats are shitcanned (fired for cause with loss of pension, or some clear equivalent to court marshal) in under six months things will not change.