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DESCRIPTION:First it was Social Security, then Medicare and Medicaid, and then the 
 public health care option under Obamacare. Now, in the wake of recent 
 allegations that veterans hospitals put patients on secret wait lists, 
 Republicans are calling for the privatization of the Veterans Health 
 Administration, the nation’s largest public health care system which 
 provides cost-effective and high quality care to 6.2 million veterans.\n\n 
 \n\nIt is of course unacceptable if patients suffered as a result of any 
 delays. But regardless of what went wrong at any VA facility, turning 
 veterans over to private sector insurers and for-profit hospitals is not 
 the solution.\n\n \n\nWith its salaried staff of nearly 280,000, the VA has 
 long been a model for health care delivery. The VA’s 152 hospitals, 900 
 clinics, 300 mental health centers, and other facilities — many located 
 in rural areas that the private sector ignores — care for more than 
 230,000 people a day. In a recent survey of veterans for the American 
 Customer Satisfaction Index, patients rated the system’s services as 
 equal to or better than private sector health care facilities.\n\nSpeaker: 
 Suzanne Gordon, award-winning journalist and author\n\nSponsored by Single 
 Payer Now\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/17/18758753.php
SUMMARY:Healthcare for Veterans Privatization Won’t Fix the VA
LOCATION:518 Valencia, San Francisco\nOne block west of 16th St BART and ½ block 
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/17/18758753.php
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