The results of privatizing the VA medical system

Also see the PolitiFact story.

The results are in and the costs are far higher when Vets are referred out to private providers. And wait times are longer to see a doctor. In many cases the private companies running the program charged more for their fee that the actual medical charges. Overhead is 21%, much higher than the VA system. The Government Accounting Office called the private contractor performance "inadequate." They also overcharged the VA by $140 million and are under investigation.

Despite all the above Benedict Donald has chosen to expand the program. Why? To make a private profit, period. The above proves it's lie that private management of Vet care is better and cost effective. The truth is that it is worse care and costs the taxpayers more. It's just another example of the extraction of pubic funds for private profit to feed the insatiable beast of rampant vampire capitalism at our expense. It is criminal and needs to be stopped. Time for progressives to take all 3 branches of government in 2020.