Yeah, cause wee all know how much the NY Slimes cares for soldiers.

We as a nation should be embarrassed at the treatment veterans receive.We are asked to fight these dirty wars and then ignored as much as possible when they return home.

There have been some increases in funding for the V.A.,brought about by the the democrat congress,but not nearly enough.

We need to do one of two things:1.Put the V.A.funding as part of our department of defense funding,and get it out of the discretionary spending circus where our soldiers have to compete for dollars with the welfare programs.Taking care of veterans is part of the price of war and should be funded as such.Try to budget your money for your yearly spending without knowing how much money you will have,that is what V.A. has to do.

2.Do away with the V.A. hospital system altogether and go with a plan similar to what Bill Richardson had,where every veteran gets a card like Medicaid recipients get and let us find our own health care close to where we live. (cont.)

You said it all baddad.

A quick answer is as simple as releasing Vets from V.A. administrative bureaucracy and allowing them independent Medicaid. I cannot imagine any good reason why this has not already been done - although I can imagine plenty of bad ones.

While I think this should be a campaign issue, that thought leaves me as cold as the comfort provided to injured vets. Leaving the problem at the mercy of political footballers and all the usual delays that go with legislative events is no answer to immediate problems - particularly if we chose to regard substandard medical treatment of vets as an ongoing human rights issue - which it appears to be on several levels once we extract its substance from strict military regulation and supervision. From a civil perspective, government intransigence amounts to criminal negligence. From an historical perspective, shouldering blame is a disgusting two party embarrassment.