Comments on: To the Editor: Veterans’ program is also socialist http://rockrivertimes.com/2009/12/23/to-the-editor-veterans%e2%80%99-program-is-also-socialist/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pete Johnson http://rockrivertimes.com/2009/12/23/to-the-editor-veterans%e2%80%99-program-is-also-socialist/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Pete Johnson Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:54:09 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=21883#comment-687 A point well made. And as a proponent and active participant in this program, as a disabled veteran, I have yet to see a program that runs as smoothly or is managed as well as the medical system of the Veterans Administration, or any other program that the V.A. runs. They actively query their clients/members as to the effectiveness and satisfaction with their services, and actually listen and make changes when necessary. I could only hope that the rest of my fellow citizens could be so lucky as to fall under such an excellent "socialist" program as the V.A. They're tops in technology and implementation of that technology, and I don't see how a health system that follows this "socialist" format could be bad for anyone except the deep pockets of the insurance companies and the recipients of their political endorsements and contributions. Pete Johnson FC3/USN/RET A point well made. And as a proponent and active participant in this program, as a disabled veteran, I have yet to see a program that runs as smoothly or is managed as well as the medical system of the Veterans Administration, or any other program that the V.A. runs. They actively query their clients/members as to the effectiveness and satisfaction with their services, and actually listen and make changes when necessary. I could only hope that the rest of my fellow citizens could be so lucky as to fall under such an excellent “socialist” program as the V.A. They’re tops in technology and implementation of that technology, and I don’t see how a health system that follows this “socialist” format could be bad for anyone except the deep pockets of the insurance companies and the recipients of their political endorsements and contributions.

Pete Johnson
FC3/USN/RET

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