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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: VA Hospitals
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Date: 4 Oct 90 19:01:28 GMT
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 JO> What distressed me most, even more than the lack of attention
 JO> to the paralized vietnam vet, was the reaction of VA Secretary
 JO> Derwinski.  He seemed to be much more upset at the media for
 JO> reporting despicable conditions than he was for the existence
 JO> of the conditions reported.  I understand he has dispatched
 JO> a team of investigators to the Cleveland VA hospital.  Probably
 JO> not to investigate the actual patient care, but to investigate
 JO> the lapse of security that let Diane get in with her hidden
 JO> TV camera.
     
        I agree.  He seemed to be making excuses rather than 
statements of improvements.  

        In reality, a recent study demonstrated that the Vet 
would receive better and easily available care if the VA system 
were replaced by a voucher system redeemable at local hospitals.  
Local hospitals operate at least 30 percent below capacity.

                                -=joe=-

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