DIGG PLEASE!! McCain, "War Hero", Plans to Move Some Vets Out Of VA Care

[salinaspaul]

Digg now, digg hard... spread! As a veteran, I am disgusted...

http://digg.c0m/politics/McCain_Plan_Moves_Some_Out_of_VA_Care

Yes, the VA is broken... so they need to fix it! Not just "ease the burden"...

 

[brianewart]

Um... dismantling bureaucracy is always a good thing. As long as vouchers actually cover the medical care of these vets, I think it is a good idea.

The thing that bothers me, however is this:

Veterans are also skeptical of McCain's plans because as a senator, he has repeatedly voted against fully funding veterans' health care. In 2005 and 2006, McCain voted against expanding mental health care and readjustment counseling for service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. He also voted against efforts to expand inpatient and outpatient treatment for injured veterans, and against proposals to lower the copayments and enrollment fees that veterans must pay to obtain prescription drugs.