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Obama opposes privatization of VA health care
Associated Press ^ | Jun. 5, 2016 5:29 PM EDT

Posted on 06/05/2016 3:57:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai

President Barack Obama is opposing suggestions the government privatize the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care veterans receive.

In an interview with the Colorado Springs Gazette, the president said his administration has made progress modernizing the VA and providing veterans with more timely health care following criticism over wait times. Privatizing the agency would delay that progress, he said.

The administration came under fire when it was disclosed that secret wait lists were uncovered at a VA health care system in Arizona amid reports that several veterans had died waiting for health care. Government investigations found significant system failures. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; obama; obamacare; vahealthcare; vascandal; veteransaffairs; zerocare

1 posted on 06/05/2016 3:57:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The mission matters not, only that they get to be in charge of it.


2 posted on 06/05/2016 4:00:40 PM PDT by major-pelham
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To: Olog-hai

Odungo won’t give up the chance to screw over vets
It’s in his DNA


3 posted on 06/05/2016 4:02:20 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Olog-hai

Obama gave America al Qaeda, Cole release, ISIS,
tuberculosis, EV-D68, narcoterrorists, Fast&Furious,
the IRS ATrocity, the DO”J” Atrocity, the DH”S” Atrocity,
Benghazi, Ebola, VA ignoring vets, and ObamaCARE
for everyone but Congress, the White Mosque, and Moslems.

Yup. Obama really cares, but is not for the USA.


4 posted on 06/05/2016 4:04:29 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Olog-hai

Unions will NEVER go along with privatization of VA.


5 posted on 06/05/2016 4:10:34 PM PDT by donozark (I was cruisin' with Cruz. Now travelin' with Trump.)
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To: Olog-hai

Stay in you lane, Mr. President!


6 posted on 06/05/2016 4:11:59 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: donozark

“Unions will NEVER go along with privatization of VA.”

Privatize any large government body and you well get better service for less money.


7 posted on 06/05/2016 4:21:11 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun to say)
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To: Olog-hai

Of course he opposes it. Wouldn’t want the Vets to actually get some care and a decent life expectancy, would he?/S


8 posted on 06/05/2016 4:27:31 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: major-pelham

GRAFT!


9 posted on 06/05/2016 4:34:19 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: Olog-hai

Obama opposes VA privitization...

TRANSLATION:

if privitized, Obama couldn’t ruin it as completely as he can so long as it remains inside the government


10 posted on 06/05/2016 4:44:54 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Olog-hai

VA is a good example of how single payer health care “works”.

The corporatists must insist that the system is just a few minor reforms away from being the model for the entire US health care system.


11 posted on 06/05/2016 4:47:26 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Olog-hai

Then I think the 0bama family and all government employees should be under the VA system too.


12 posted on 06/05/2016 5:00:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Olog-hai

Keep talking Odamnone...Americans are listening


13 posted on 06/05/2016 5:34:52 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner: with Cloward Piven for Dessert)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s because a whole slew of SEIU folks would lose their jobs.
The government union workers gotta go, or at the very least, the union has got to go.


14 posted on 06/05/2016 6:24:03 PM PDT by tinamina
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To: tinamina

I have VA health care. I have been instructed that for any emergency I may go to any emergency room for immediate care. Also most every VA hospital has an emergency care facility that runs 24/7.


15 posted on 06/05/2016 6:38:46 PM PDT by eastforker (The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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To: Olog-hai

Whatever boo go opposes (which is anything American) is not the end all, be all, of the situation.


16 posted on 06/05/2016 6:51:24 PM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: Olog-hai

He loves dependant second rate care for Vets. Rot in hell Odunga.


17 posted on 06/05/2016 7:23:44 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Olog-hai

Vets don’t vote rat, so screw ‘em. It’s that simple.


18 posted on 06/05/2016 8:17:50 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Olog-hai

He wants to make sure they get to provide sexual mutilation to the mentally ill - send them to the head of the line over actual sick/maimed vets.


19 posted on 06/06/2016 2:56:56 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Olog-hai

The important thing to remember is that in a little while Obamas wishes and wants will be IRRELEVANT.!!


20 posted on 06/06/2016 2:02:59 PM PDT by contrarian
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