... so everyone can have a taste of how our troops are treated.

System crash
(Washington Times Editorial)

Rep. John Tierney, Massachusetts Democrat, has the beginnings of the Iraq-veteran health-care problem correct when he said in yesterday's hearings that he fears "these problems go well beyond the walls of Walter Reed." The problem of care for returning wounded GIs is systemic -- it's much bigger than Building 18 at Walter Reed. The great test for both parties now is how widely this fact is grasped, how broadly the scope of the coming inquiries is defined and whether the parties can come together to fix the systemic problems. ...

I'll have to admit to some selfish motives here, folks. Maybe if enough attention is focused on the quality of care our wounded troops coming back from the Mideast are getting, some of it will spill over into increased funding for the VA as well. I don't have any personal knowledge of the quality of care our troop receive at Walter Reed, but I damned sure have cause to pity any of them who end up dependent on the VA for help after discharge. I know the people I've dealt with, in Dallas and in the Midwest, have all been doing the best they can with the resources they have but when there just aren't enough doctors to go around what can you expect? Until recently I'd been telling myself "At least they're taking good care of the active duty people; it's only us old farts that are getting screwed." Yeah, right. Color this Old Dog pissed.   

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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 6, 2007 at 02:06 AM in Caring about our troops, The American Warrior, US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, US Navy | Permalink

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