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Originally Posted by Ustwo
You have obviously never worked at a VA hospital. Gross incompetence is a good description and unless there is a draft only the worst doctors work at the average VA, if you are lucky you will get a good resident, but if they are old and there, god help ya.
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You obviously haven't worked for the VHA in the last decade or so.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/summary/141/12/938
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/...ct/348/22/2218
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Originally Posted by flstf
The question is will total government control make things any better or do we need the insurance companies to continue their role as the middleman to try and control the prices that health care providers charge..
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The available evidence shows health care works best when the government is a regulatory body for providers and a mandatory insurer (administrated internally) for patients.