The Patriot Post® · Obama Claims VA Health Model

Barack Obama laid out his agenda for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs upon first entering the Oval Office. The website Change.gov notes, “Barack Obama and Joe Biden are committed to creating a 21st Century Department of Veterans’ Affairs that provides the care and benefits our nation’s veterans deserve.” Under the Obama-Biden proposal, the administration promised to “[m]ake the VA a leader of national health care reform so that veterans get the best care possible” (emphasis added). Remember when Democrats chastised conservatives for warning of wait-lists and death panels under the Left’s idea of health reform (government-managed health care)? Turns out they just wanted to use the VA as a prototype. More…