Speaking to a group of veterans—on Veterans Day—Mitt Romney said he would move the highly successful veterans' health care program into the private sector via a voucher system. It was a moment, writes the Huffington Post's Ashwin Madia, that "tells us that when it comes to veterans, Mitt Romney is absolutely clueless."
Madia writes:
For Romney to even hint that private companies would care for veterans at the same cost the government does is insanity. A voucher would be absolutely worthless in the private market. And there aren't going to be private companies falling all over themselves to care for incredibly expensive wounds, like for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). So market competition driving down costs is out the window.
So what would the result be? Likely what we see with many voucher systems—a total breakdown of the public system, and wide inequities in the quality of care. A slippery slope towards complete privatization of the program. Veterans struggling to find care within a profit-based system. America's promise to provide quality care to every single veteran would be broken. Thanks, President Romney.
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