The Patriot Post® · The Problem Is Socialism

Lawrence Kudlow: “The VA problem is not Shinseki; it’s socialism. The Veterans Affairs health care system is completely government run. It is a pure single-payer program. … [P]erhaps Democrats and Republicans will get together to sack VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. But that won’t change a thing. In fact, it’s a distraction. The long waits for treatment, with excessive delays resulting in as many as 40 deaths, are a tragically predictable outcome. This is the result of bureaucratic rationing, price controls, inefficiencies and the inevitable cover-ups. … So if Congress thinks it can find somebody who can tame the VA bureaucracy, it should go right ahead. But the statist VA health care system, which in so many ways mirrors the government-run health care problems in Britain, Europe and Canada, must be completely changed. … [A] system of government vouchers which permits veterans to choose their own health care plans, especially private health care plans, would be one giant step toward solving this problem.”