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Originally Posted by bobabode
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Reckon how many deployments Omar Gonzalez had? Reckon if he was stop-lossed for years beyond his contracted time. The VA system is supposedly overloaded with mental health cases, but not only because of the deluge of PTSD from 3 and 4 and even 5 deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan. But because it continues to be so difficult for Americans to get decent mental health care in the current for-profit, employer based, insurance industry mangled care system, so many vets are in treatment at the VA for non-service related mental health issues, that those with serious PTSD problems can't get the care they require.
It's 40 years past the time this country should have had single payer.