Wag the Dog

VETERANS

ROBERT WILKIE, secretary of veterans affairs, asked if he's achieved progress in fixing VA since being confirmed to the job one year ago: "Since that time, I can say yes. ...The Journal of the American Medical Association says our wait times are now as good or better than in the private sector. And the Annals of Internal Medicine say our care is as good or better than it is in the private sector, across the country. What that means is that morale is up, that VA is in a better place than it has been in the last few years." — interview Wednesday with Fox News.

THE FACTS: The progress he cites in waiting times and quality of care happened before he became VA secretary.

It's true that a study by the medical association that came out in January found veterans got into a VA facility for an appointment faster on average than if they went to a private facility. But the study tracked progress from 2014 to 2017. Wilkie became acting VA secretary in late March 2018 and was confirmed as permanent VA secretary that July.

Similarly, a study published last December in the Annals of Internal Medicine did find that VA facilities outperform private hospitals in most health care markets throughout the country. But the finding is also based on data from as early as 2014 through June 30, 2017.

Wilkie, in fact, credits the VA's "concerted" effort to improve access to care "since 2014" in a VA press release in January announcing the medical association study's results.

The wait time study covered four specialties, primary care, dermatology, cardiology and orthopedics.

It found that in 2014, the average wait to get into VA medical center was 22.5 days, compared with 18.7 days in the private sector, which was not statistically different. By 2017, the wait at VA improved to 17.7 days, while increasing to 29.8 days for private doctors. Waits at VA medical centers were shorter in all specialties except orthopedics.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ap-fact-check-trump-eco-115951030.html
 

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The " Filthy " dogs are taunting America...................
 
When you squeeze a pimple hard enough . . .
Iran is being squeezed for a desired effect.
That fact is obvious, wake up lap dog.

A " Dr Pimple Popper " analogy.....

Of course...TRUTH be told, you Democrats
popped about six months ago and now you
are all parading around open festering wounds.....

You should have " Cleaned and Dressed " it, then the
healing would be done.....

Now you have four open sores on the House Floor....

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Mad Magazine depicts a Democrat...........
 
VETERANS

ROBERT WILKIE, secretary of veterans affairs, asked if he's achieved progress in fixing VA since being confirmed to the job one year ago: "Since that time, I can say yes. ...The Journal of the American Medical Association says our wait times are now as good or better than in the private sector. And the Annals of Internal Medicine say our care is as good or better than it is in the private sector, across the country. What that means is that morale is up, that VA is in a better place than it has been in the last few years." — interview Wednesday with Fox News.

THE FACTS: The progress he cites in waiting times and quality of care happened before he became VA secretary.

It's true that a study by the medical association that came out in January found veterans got into a VA facility for an appointment faster on average than if they went to a private facility. But the study tracked progress from 2014 to 2017. Wilkie became acting VA secretary in late March 2018 and was confirmed as permanent VA secretary that July.

Similarly, a study published last December in the Annals of Internal Medicine did find that VA facilities outperform private hospitals in most health care markets throughout the country. But the finding is also based on data from as early as 2014 through June 30, 2017.

Wilkie, in fact, credits the VA's "concerted" effort to improve access to care "since 2014" in a VA press release in January announcing the medical association study's results.

The wait time study covered four specialties, primary care, dermatology, cardiology and orthopedics.

It found that in 2014, the average wait to get into VA medical center was 22.5 days, compared with 18.7 days in the private sector, which was not statistically different. By 2017, the wait at VA improved to 17.7 days, while increasing to 29.8 days for private doctors. Waits at VA medical centers were shorter in all specialties except orthopedics.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ap-fact-check-trump-eco-115951030.html

Harvest season for cherry trees in most areas begins in early June and runs through late July.
 
Attack on US embassy in Iraq shows Trump is failing. He walked into Iran's trap.
Trump's policies have been devastating to US interests. He should have stayed in the Iran nuclear deal and made full use of sanctions and diplomacy.
Wendy R. Sherman
Opinion columnist

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo started having a tough 2020 only one day into the new year. He was forced to postpone his trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, this week to attend to the new crisis in Iraq. As fraught as Pompeo’s visit to Kyiv was going to be, in the shadow of the impeachment battle, Iraq trumped Kyiv after the New Year’s Eve attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.

It is President Donald Trump’s failed policy toward Iran that has brought us to this combustible moment.

 
Attack on US embassy in Iraq shows Trump is failing. He walked into Iran's trap.
Trump's policies have been devastating to US interests. He should have stayed in the Iran nuclear deal and made full use of sanctions and diplomacy.
Wendy R. Sherman
Opinion columnist

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo started having a tough 2020 only one day into the new year. He was forced to postpone his trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, this week to attend to the new crisis in Iraq. As fraught as Pompeo’s visit to Kyiv was going to be, in the shadow of the impeachment battle, Iraq trumped Kyiv after the New Year’s Eve attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.

It is President Donald Trump’s failed policy toward Iran that has brought us to this combustible moment.



Urine Idiot .......

Your Democratic Handpuppets had to turn and
run after TRUMP announced he sent a " Few " REAL SOLDIERS....


DEMOCRATS = CRIMINALS
 
I'll support t's new war when he is the first man off the first Osprey to land in Iran. Otherwise, he is just sending young men to die to save his sorry ass reputation, young men who can't afford to hire a doctor to write them a bone-spurs excuse.
 
Waging the dog? Perhaps, but this was a good move by Trump both politically and tactically. This action was justified and this piece of shit had it coming to him. Iran and it's proxies were already wreaking havoc and this Iranian general was an integral part of their operations and it's been stated he is irreplaceable. So this action is part of cutting the head off the snake.
 
Waging the dog? Perhaps, but this was a good move by Trump both politically and tactically. This action was justified and this piece of shit had it coming to him. Iran and it's proxies were already wreaking havoc and this Iranian general was an integral part of their operations and it's been stated he is irreplaceable. So this action is part of cutting the head off the snake.
Maybe if we stayed in the Iran nuclear deal? . . . or you need to prop 'em up before you knock 'em down.

So yes, in the situation t helped create he did the right thing.
 
I'll support t's new war when he is the first man off the first Osprey to land in Iran. Otherwise, he is just sending young men to die to save his sorry ass reputation, young men who can't afford to hire a doctor to write them a bone-spurs excuse.
You tell’um reservist
 
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The " Filthy " dogs are taunting America...................

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Fuck with the " Bull " get the Horn.....!
 
Time to deflect . . .


Do you liberal idiots really believe Trump communicates with the military via twitter? Or when CNN is pounding your mother from behind, do you believe them when they say it's a new "chiropractic" technique for spinal adjustments?
 
Do you liberal idiots really believe Trump communicates with the military via twitter? Or when CNN is pounding your mother from behind, do you believe them when they say it's a new "chiropractic" technique for spinal adjustments?
Your mind certainly goes to twisted sexual content quite often and quickly. Maybe you should see someone about that?
 
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