Eric Shinseki resigned Friday and the Veterans Administration dropped off the news planet.

[MineralMan]

19. Here's another article that makes my point:

http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=12674

As the firestorm about wait times at VA facilities continues, political representatives from both parties insist that waits must be eliminated for veterans seeking care. Now that Republicans have succeeded in forcing the resignation of Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, who resigned last week – the new focus is on seeking partial privatization of the system by allowing veterans to get care from private sector doctors – care that would be paid for by the government program. None of the current calls to action, however, --whether they include criminal prosecutions of those responsible for secret waiting lists, or channeling vets into the private sector – will fix the wait times at the VA that keep vets from getting needed care.

There are two primary reasons for the problem of wait times. One has to do with Congress’ consistent failure to provide adequate funding so that the VA could hire more staff to care for an increasing number of veterans who live longer with complex service and age related health problems. The other – which may be the biggest and hardest to solve problem of them all – has to do with the US healthcare system’s persistent refusal to provide the number of physicians who deliver primary care services in this country.

Emphasis is mine.