When an intellectual’s worldview is smashing to bits against the hard facts of reality, expect a lot of excuse making, some of it bizarre. As I’ve pointed out here, Phillip Longman’s book Best Care Anywhere: Why The VA Health Care ... READ MORE
The evidence is slowly building up that the ObamaCare exchange are heading for a death spiral. Below is more evidence of that people on the exchanges are sicker than average and, in one state, of people dropping out of the ... READ MORE
Doug Chase, a Vietnam veteran, died of brain cancer almost two years ago. According to ABCNews, his wife Suzanne, in 2012, “attempted to move his care in Boston to a nearby veteran’s hospital in Bedford. She said they waited for ... READ MORE
Actually, the illustrious Senate Majority Leader would have to meet the family of Linda Rolain since Mrs. Rolain is, sadly, dead. Rolain was unable to get treatment for a brain tumor as she did not have coverage under the Nevada ... READ MORE
Why did VA employees manipulate wait time data, resulting in thousands of Veterans lingering on wait lists for care and at least 23 veterans dying because they had to wait too long? Phillip Longman, author of the Best Care Anywhere: ... READ MORE
1. Hat tip to Kevin Williamson for linking to this year-old post from ThinkProgress. In support of a “living wage” of $15 per hour for fast-food workers, ThinkProgress cites research from a University of Kansas graduates student saying that McDonald’s ... READ MORE
The Federal Office of Special Counsel recently revealed that a mental patient at the Veterans Affairs facility in Brockton, Massachusetts, had to wait eight years before he received a psychiatric evaluation.1 This was while he spent those eight years actually ... READ MORE
One almost has to give the President Obama points for chutzpah. He signs an executive order that has resulted in a huge flood of underage illegal immigrants into the nation, and now he wants Congress to authorize the spending of ... READ MORE
I have a new National Policy Analysis out today entitled, “Intellectuals and the VA: How A Bad Idea and Bad Reporting Contributed to a Health Care Catastrophe.” It traces how Phillip Longman’s book Best Care Anywhere: Why VA Healthcare Is Better ... READ MORE
The VA scandal is, in part, the result of the fact that most employees at the VA have civil service protections, which makes it very difficult to terminate their employment. When employees have goals they can’t meet—such as a 14-day ... READ MORE
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