Walter Reed scandal

The good news is that DanaPriest at the WAPO did an expose on Walter Reed's decrepit condition.

The bad news is that this was general knowledge for years, and there was even talk of shutting the place down in the near future. Yes, the article says it was being shut as a "consolidation" but this means it's inefficient to fix the place, so shut it down.

The worse news is that next to private hospitals, govenment run hospitals tend to be...lousy. The mindset is to "stay within budget" and "follow the paper guidelines" as being important. So ugly walls don't matter, they're painted, aren't they? And if something leaks, well, the paper was submitted to the authorities last week to fix it, so stop complaining.

Although I back universal health care, I shudder at single payer government health care...

So what is my solution for the soldiers? I suggest the Frank Rizzo Medical Plan...
And I posted about it on Blogger news...