How the Filthy Rich Koch Brothers Are Killing Veterans

Yes, literally.  And of course just so they can make a profit. Because privatization kills.

From the Washington Monthly:

In the next issue of the Washington Monthly, investigative journalist Alicia Mundy reveals how the Kochs and their network have executed, with meticulous detail, a plan to get Washington to outsource the health care of millions of our nation’s veterans to corporate sector providers. Among other revelations, Mundy shows:

• that stories about veterans dying while waiting for VA care in 2014 (the “scandal” that sparked the current call for privatization) turned out to be baseless.
• that these claims were cooked up by the Koch-funded group Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) and key Republicans precisely to stampede Washington into passing legislation to outsource VA care.
• that the first round of outsourcing has been a fiasco.
• that independent research mandated by that legislation shows that the VA continues to provide the same or better quality care than do private sector providers.
• that the commission now making the outsourcing decisions is stacked with members and allies of CVA and representatives of private sector providers.

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