badbobby Loc: texas

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) dismissed efforts to reform the scandal-plagued healthcare system at the Department of Veterans Affairs, arguing the system provides the "highest quality of care" to veterans and plans to fix it are designed to maximize profits, not help veterans.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," Ocasio-Cortez said at a New York City town hall last week. "The idea that this thing that isn't broken, this thing that provides the highest quality care to our veterans somehow needs to be fixed, optimized, tinkered with until you don't even recognize it anymore."

"Here's the thing, they are trying to fix it, but who are they trying to fix it for is the question we've got to ask" she continued. "They're trying to fix the VA for pharmaceutical companies, they're trying to fix the VA for insurance corporations, and ultimately they're trying to fix the VA for a for-profit healthcare industry that does not put people or veterans first."

"We have a responsibility to protect it, because if it is any community that deserves Cadillac first-class health care in the United States of America it is our military service members," she said.

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The failures of the VA system became headline news in 2014 when at least 40 veterans died due to delays in care, and whistleblowers revealed that agency officials were destroying evidence to hide the long wait times veterans faced.

Reforming the system became a priority for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Bipartisan legislation to revamp the system was signed by President Trump last year after it overwhelmingly passed through Congress. The vote was 347 for to 70 against in the House and 92 for to 5 against in the Senate.

Another piece of bipartisan legislation designed to accelerate the disciplinary process for employees found guilty of misconduct was passed and signed into law in 2017.

Ocasio-Cortez was not a member of Congress when either bill passed.

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

Ocasio-Cortez is sooo broken that all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Ocasio-Cortez back together again.

bahmer

Amen and Amen

Carol Kelly

How many veterans in HER family, I wonder. She’s a puppet on a string, but just who is handling her strings. Investigate!

bahmer

Let me know how many fish you catch and what species they are when you get back.
Will look forward from a sleepy eyed fishermans story from badbobby.

Big dog

I’m here at the V.A. hospital in Northport N.Y. as I’m reading this post.
I personally have had nothing but good experiences with the V.A. but there’s no doubt there’s room for improvement. AOC has no right to comment one way or the other since she is NOT a veteran. She’s an idiot and entirely too stupid to keep her mouth shut about things she knows Nothing about.

TrueAmerican

Is she trying out for the IDIOT Olympics again ??????

badbobby Loc: texas

well bahm
that was yesterday now

we caught just 5 apiece(bass of course) before the rains came
we didn't mind the rain at all.but then the thunder and lightning came
and we pulled up stakes and hauled --s
there will be more fishin days
better a live coward than a dead duck

bahmer

5 bass apiece ain't to bad for a days work. But I do have to reprimand you.
Mama i'm sure would have loved to have another fish fry so why didn't you
two go out and catch her a nice big bag of crappies so that she could have
another big family fish fry. I wouldn't hurt you to be nice to her now would it?

badbobby Loc: texas

crappie fishin calls for beer or mayhaps even a sip or two of Jack
no time for either when bass fishin
and this summer durin 'dog days'
we will do some nighttime crappie fishin
just for Mama

bahmer

That's better now go and behave. Oh how big were the bass and did you take any pictures?

badbobby Loc: texas

nothin to brag about
but big enough to give you a tussle
no pics

bahmer

Well at least you had some fun then.
What did Mama do while you were out having fun?

badbobby Loc: texas

prolly recalled better days
when we were young and sexy

bahmer

Were you always this inconsiderate?