On Veterans Day, Romney pimps "private sector competition" for veterans' health benefits

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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At an Veteran's Day campaign event in South Carolina Friday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hinted that he might introduce "private sector competition" for veterans' health care and other benefits.

Romney told a group of veterans at Mutt's BBQ in Mauldin that it might be possible to create a "voucher" system.

"When you work in the private sector and you have a competitor, you know if I don't treat this customer right, they're going to leave me and go somewhere else," the candidate said. "Whereas if you're the government, they know there's nowhere else you guys can go. You're stuck."

Romney added: "Sometimes you wonder if there would be some way to introduce some private sector competition, somebody else that could come in and say, you know, each soldier gets X thousand dollars attributed to them. And then they can choose whether they want to go into the government system or the private system with the money that follows them."

On Veteran's Day, Romney Suggests 'Voucher' System for Vet Benefits

[Old and In the Way]

1. Then Mitt and friends can buy these companies, sell off their assets, extend their loan portfolio,

lay-off their employees, then sell the remains to some unsuspecting buyout group. It's the Bain way of doing business.

[Frustratedlady]

2. As he rubs his hands together in greedy glee! EOM

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

3. Romney the lying asshole.

The VA has phenomenal health care -- the only issues with the VA are 1) long waits to get into the system (due to SYSTEMIC underfunding by politicians) and 2) physician shortages, especially in certain specialties, due to the lower pay compared to private practice. Fix those two things with an extra 30% in the budget and the problems are all SOLVED. Once you get into the system, however, the quality of care is EQUAL to or GREATER than in non-VA hospitals and clinics.

[Drahthaardogs]

4. I have a better idea Mitt.

Why don't we actually SPEND some $$ and fix our Veteran hospitals so they are not rundown any longer?

[midnight]

5. Anthony Weiner Gets GOP Rep To Admit Ryan Plan Equals Vouchers, End to Medicare

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/anthony-weiner-gets-gop-rep-admit-ryan-pl-0

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

6. If you look up moron in the dictionary,

there is a picture of Jack Kingston next to it. Guy is THIRSTY stupid.

[Brigid]

7. Oh good Lord.

Mitt Romney the human emetic. x(