Comments on: VA Played Fast and Loose With the Facts http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/05/18/va-played-fast-and-loose-with-the-facts/ An unbiased look at today's health care issues Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sandip Madan http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/05/18/va-played-fast-and-loose-with-the-facts/#comment-44704 Sandip Madan Wed, 23 May 2007 20:30:17 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2007/05/18/va-played-fast-and-loose-with-the-facts/#comment-44704 I think we are drawing the wrong conclusion here, i.e., that a centrally run healthcare system does not actually run as well as claimed. Instead, I'd think that the current administration has shown ineptness and inability to govern well (e.g., Katrina, conduct of the Iraq War, US Attorney firings, and yes even Walter Reed) while hyping its achievements. The current VA situation is merely another offshoot of this Administration's shortcomings, and not an indictment of centrally run healthcare. If you find a lot of overhyping prior to 2001 then I can be persuaded otherwise. http://sandipmadan.blogspot.com/ I think we are drawing the wrong conclusion here, i.e., that a centrally run healthcare system does not actually run as well as claimed. Instead, I’d think that the current administration has shown ineptness and inability to govern well (e.g., Katrina, conduct of the Iraq War, US Attorney firings, and yes even Walter Reed) while hyping its achievements.

The current VA situation is merely another offshoot of this Administration’s shortcomings, and not an indictment of centrally run healthcare. If you find a lot of overhyping prior to 2001 then I can be persuaded otherwise.

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