Clinton unveils plan for veterans, military personnel [View all]
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By Leo Shane III, Staff writer 11:03 a.m. EST November 10, 2015
Hillary Clinton releases veterans plan
(Photo: Jim Cole/AP)
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday unveiled what will be her priorities on veterans and military personnel issues if elected, focusing on reforms to existing programs rather than the extensive overhauls and eliminations favored by her Republican rivals.
The move comes just hours before Veterans Day and just weeks after Clinton took heavy criticism from Republican candidates who portrayed her as downplaying problems in the Veterans Affairs Department.
In her policy platform, Clinton laments the “systemic failures” within VA and said recent scandals in the department “represent government at its worst.”
But the former secretary of state’s plan refutes Republican proposals to outsource much of VA’s operations, labeling such a move as “privatization” of the department that could leave veterans “vulnerable to a health care market poorly suited to their needs.”
Instead, Clinton proposes revamping the Veterans Health Administration, offering better coordination with military health care, private physicians and other existing resources while still leaving VA in the lead role.
“VA must maintain the ultimate responsibility of coordinating and ensuring comprehensive and quality health care for every veteran and the specialized services that they deserve — critical functions that would disappear if the VA were privatized,” the plan states.................
Read more: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2015/11/10/clinton-veterans-military-platform/75505370/
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