-Ray Nothstine
Individuals and groups terrified of nationalized health care like to point to examples of government dysfunction, such as Medicaid, to stoke fears of what a government-managed plan would look like in the United States. Proponents of socialized medicine, meanwhile, frequently offer their own example to demonstrate a more positive potential of government health care: the medical system operated by the Veterans Administration (VA). It's time to take a closer look at this supposed model of effective health care.