Why is it that they aren't getting the best possible care, without question, without delay, without concern for the cost? The military ought to be seeking them out to be sure they are getting everything they need rather than vets and their families having to wade through red tape and delays to get it. Why are soldiers families cared for in a first class fashion while they are on duty....why are they on food stamps, welfare, living in substandard housing...they ought to be very well taken care of.
2007-09-27 07:56:38 · 26 answers · asked by amazed we've survived this l 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I agree. Politics should not matter when it comes to this. They did what their country asked of them and many have been grievously injured both physically and mentally. Every person in this country owes our vets the best care and assistance possible.
2007-09-27 08:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Hi!
Not sure if you are speaking from an American or British perspective, but both nations do this. Whatever ones view on the situation, our veterans should not be treated like hero's while they are fit and on active duty and then discarded once they are injured or made ill due to that duty.
There are many campaigning on this issue, as I have since the 1980's when I realised how many veterans were among the homeless population. SAAFA; the Royal British Legion; Federation des Combattamnts Allies en Europe and the regimental networks are raising this issue and the fact that ex-service personnel usually have little support through the transition to civilian life.
Good question.
Good wishes.
2007-09-27 17:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by pilgrimspadre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmmmm, i have seen alot of outright falsehoods in some of these answers.
VA Budget :
Went from 36 billion to 46 billion under Clinton during 8 years.
Went from 46 billion to 88 billion under Bush in 6 years.
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans make up less than 5% of the VA case load.
There is alot of misleading propaganda going on out there.
As to why there are some problems:
The VA is a huge bureaucracy, and like all bureaucracy's, change is done slowly.
They cannot just outright fire under performing employees like corporations can.
Do to societal changes, adequate VA facilities are not always easily accessiable to those who need them.
IE: The exisiting VA facilities, aren't where the Veterans live.
Some VA facilities are over used and some are hardly used at all.
Since people don't enlist equally from all over the country.
It is a complex issue, that to many are trying to use to their partisan poltical advantage with their partisan retoric.
2007-09-27 15:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Veteran's Administration is seriously underfunded and would take a tax increase to bring it up to a level that would sufficiently care for our soldiers.
No one anticipated the incredible amount of care, especially long term care, that our wounded would need. With today's medical advances, many of our heroes are living with injuries that would have killed them during Vietnam or other wars. But, with advanced surgical procedures and field hospitals, they are alive.
The cost, however, is that they will be living with these injuries, and need treatment, for many years, possibly for life. We did not anticipate this.
The other part of the delay is in staffing. There is a huge nursing shortage nationwide which is only going to get worse as BabyBoomers retire. The person who really takes care of the sick and wounded are the nurses. The average age of a registered nurse in California is 56 years old. The shortage is especially critical in military hospitals.
As nurses retire or quit the profession because of the incredible stress, bad hours, lack of appreciation, and low pay... who is going to take care of not only our soldiers but all citizens.
Another factor... multiple hospitals and multiple patient care settings. Our wounded are stabilized in one hospital and often go to multiple other hospitals and then to VA hospitals.
Each one has to be oriented to the soldier's/Marine's injuries, past history of medical care, current needs, etc. There is often a lack of continuity and a lot of time spent just orienting the wounded and his/her family members to the new facility.
It is a complex, multilayered issues.
2007-09-27 15:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by TNGal 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This has been an ongoing problem for generations of military vets.
The military must think that vets are undeserving of welfare.
I would imagine a conservative thought this up.
2007-09-27 15:23:00 · answer #5 · answered by Twilight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the Bush Administration's proposed cuts to the VA. That about says it all. Trust me - I work this issue every day. The folks in the VA are some of the most dedicated and caring people in our country. It's just that they have received REDUCED funding to deal with larger numbers and more complex medical issues. It's criminal - we create more and more veterans with medical issues while simultaneously cutting the funding to take care of them. Conflicting priorities??
2007-09-27 15:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by El Duderino 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Too true, they should be treated as heroes doing a hard job to the best of thier ability only to be crapped on by a government that just not care about the guys who are doing thier dirty work.
I hate to say this but I bet it would not happen in America
2007-09-27 15:03:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Interesting
2007-09-27 14:58:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because Bush prefers to spend trillions on the war rather than spend anything on the wounded warriors. Evidently, he doesn't want to spend any money on children, either.
2007-09-27 16:17:03 · answer #9 · answered by The Wiz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the healthcare in America is broken because of greedy insurance companies run by the Zionist capitalists.
2007-09-27 15:04:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋