FACT#1: VA spending nearly tripled from 2000 to 2013, while the population of veterans declined by 4.3 million.
FACT#2: wounded warriors coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan are not increasing treatment costs. Those vets are actually far cheaper to treat than aging vets. A Congressional Budget Office report found that they cost $4,800, on average, in 2010 compared with $8,800 for other veterans who used the system.
FACT#3: Iraq and Afghan vets account for 7 percent of those treated, but they were responsible for only 4 percent of its health costs. Iraq and Afghan vets are typically younger and healthier than the average VHA patient and as a result are less expensive to treat.
Suck-it, you liar Pelosi.
Quit sugar-coatin' it and tell us how you REALLY feel. :o)