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I agree that the VA has a many shortcomings, but I think it can also provide health care opportunities that many vets don't have with private insurance.
I live minutes away from the second largest VA hospital complex in the country and I have many friends and family who have either worked there or received care of the years. My grandmother was a charge nurse there for over 30 years. Many families move down here for the care offered at the facility.
They have struggled since the start of the Iraq War to keep up with the demand for clinical psychologists who can treat trauma injuries, but they have seen progress.
One of my sister's friends had an older brother come back from the war who could not even speak or function due to things he had seen, and the doctors at Bay Pines have helped him to re-build his life although he still has social difficulty.
I just have a strong belief that the government should care for its vets, no matter the price. It is important to note though that some vets already use private insruance, my grandfather does....
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