You yahoos ever consider that the context to all this is an overall plan for universal healthcare without all the regulatory/red tape/insurance BS that has made our hospital emergency waiting rooms and corridors cautionary tales for the rest of the industrialized world? There has been a lot disinfo about “socialized” medicine, and the US still has world class doctors and facilities, but the bottom line is that the average person is a whole lot better off getting sick or injured in Europe than in this country, most especially if you’re elderly — and I know this from direct knowledge. Whether you are a young vet with a battlefield injury or a little old widow who slipped on some stairs, there should be a place for you to go and get treated quickly and properly without having to jump through hoops and/or be fearful about how to pay for it.
And to you malicious/clueless/lying Obama bashers, go stick another cork in it about Obama denigrating the military and veterans, especially in the context of what Bush had wrought (aside from generating lots of veterans):
http://vets4politics.blogspot.com/2009/02/obamas-va-budget-proposal-aims-to.html
Shmucks….
