We Need to Treat Our Vets Better

[Chewback]

Good thing Trump's picks are packed full of people that want to slash and privatize the VA.

Ah yes, PRIVATIZE!!. Republicans have little tiny orgasms whenever they say the word "privatize." Feels so good. Makes you want to smoke a cigarette. Privatize. Oof!

 

[Gimmered]

Speaking of nightmares. I had a dream I was making out with a model and I woke up and my dog was licking my mouth 🤮

Could have been dreaming you were giving her oral.... just say'n.

 

[NoleATL]

Looks like an investigation is warranted to understand where/if his situation was not handled properly.

VA Hospital Had Deemed Las Vegas Driver Not A Risk​

January 5, 2025 Terrorism, Trump cultists



CNN’s Natasha Chen reports:

He had visited the military behavioral health program multiple times in recent months and was diagnosed with depression last year. But he had not been assessed to be a risk to harm himself or others.
The day before this explosion, he had sent an email to some online media outlets saying that he was armed and that he had a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. So authorities are really looking through his phone data now to see what else he might have written. There seems to be a log of activity that he wrote for the ten days leading up to this explosion.
Again, he had rented this Cybertruck, driven it from Colorado to Nevada, and purchased two guns legally shortly before this happened. And investigators say he killed himself and set off these explosives almost at the same time right in front of that Trump hotel on New Year’s Day.

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

Just because something is nonprofit doesn't mean nobody's making money. Private and "for profit" are not synonymous.

Think of it this way. Where do people get better care, have better technology, access to alternative or cutting edge treatments, etc.?

One thing I didn't specify in my original comment. When I say private, I more just mean non-federal government run. I would consider the numerous university hospitals throughout the country private sector, although they are technically government owned if they are state universities.

Having grown up around Iowa City and hearing from various sources, I'm 100% certain the UIHC is better resourced than the VA hospital down the street.

Maybe but UI loses people regularly and in my daughters health area the replacements are not as good so we looked elsewhere

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

Firing canons causes brain injury

Stop endless wars. Anyone that doesn’t understand that Ukraine is about natural resources is a part of the problem.

Mental Illness caused n US is not treated well period

It took Canada to tell us that upwards of 80 of US prisoners had fetal alcohol. exposure.

 

[thewop]

Maybe but UI loses people regularly and in my daughters health area the replacements are not as good so we looked elsewhere

I think that's a universal issue, certainly wouldn't expect that to change by putting it in the hands of the federal government. In fact, much of the frustration among medical professionals is rooted in the consequences of Obamacare.