Walter Reed is NOT a Veterans Administration Medical Facility.
Writing by Marq on Monday, 5 of March , 2007 at 9:20 am
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This is for education reasons, this is not a defense of the scandal, in fact I hope we impeach Bush for it.
I see a lot of people who are making a huge mistake interchanging the Walter Reed issue and the Veterans Administration. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME…
Walter Reed is part of the DOD Medical System, it is run by the DOD via the Department of the Army. It falls under the DOD budget, the one that is so large that it engulfs every nation on the planets own defense budget.
The Veterans Administration is a cabinet level agency that has many parts, the medical wing of the VA is called the VHA (Veterans Healthcare Administration) and has NOTHING to do with the DOD, or the DOD budget.
I am a disabled vet in the VHA system, and to be honest I (ME) have had great healthcare under the VA system (Been covered by the system for 11 years). I know there are issues, but please people, they are not the same….
You do all veterans a disservice by lumping them together. Once a vet, no matter HOW is discharged from the service, they can get NO CARE FROM the DOD, they must go to the VA. The VA is a long term system for vets, they do not treat people as they come off the battle field.
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