Muna Ndira Mutungamiri Trump vakapa vimbiso yavo yekudzikisa hurumende yemubatanidzwa: vakazivisa kumisa basa, kunyangwe zviuru zvemabasa emubatanidzwa.
Semumiriri, VaTrump vakaita mushandirapamwe seshamwari huru yevakarwa hondo. Akavimbisa kuita budiriro huru muVeterans Health Administration (VHA), ruoko rweVeterans Administration (VA) iyo inoshanda hurongwa hwekuchengetedza hutano hwakakura munyika.
Asi kumisa basa kwaVaTrump kwakadzamisa dambudziko ragara riripo revashandi kuzvipatara zveVHA nemakiriniki muUS, uko kune zvinzvimbo zvisina vanhu zviuru makumi mana nezvipfumbamwe.
Varatidziri vemubatanidzwa vanotenda kushomeka kwevashandi kwakagadzirirwa kuunza zvichemo zvevarwere uye kushambadza kwakashata izvo zvinozoita kuti veterans nemhuri dzavo varasikirwe nekutenda mukutarisirwa kwakapihwa neVA.
"Vamwe muCongress vanoda kubhadharira VA mari kuitira kuti vataure kuti hurumende haishande," anodaro Dusten Retcher, murwi weAir Force ane makore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe, anogadzirisa zvichemo zveveterans muMinneapolis. "Ipapo vanoda kuiendesa kumusika wega."
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
VHA inovhara mamirioni mapfumbamwe evarwi vanokodzera zvichienderana nemari yavanotambira yakaderera kana, saRetcher, vane chirwere chine chekuita nebasa. Kusiyana neCanada inobhadhara imwe chete system kana Medicare muUS, haishande zvakanyanya seinishuwarenzi, ichingodzosera zvipatara zvakazvimiririra, vanachiremba, kana mishonga.
Panzvimbo iyoyo, seBritain's National Health Service, iyo VHA inopa tarisiro yakananga kune veterans, kuburikidza nevashandi vanobhadharwa vasingabhadharwe pamubhadharo-we-sevhisi. Senyika yakakura kwazvo inopihwa mari neveruzhinji, yakanyatsobatanidzwa hutano hwehutano network, imhando yemishonga yekudyidzana inosvika kure kupfuura zvirongwa zvemubhadhari mumwe chete zvakakurudzirwa naCongressman John Conyers naSenator Bernie Sanders (uyo zvakare anotungamira mudziviriri weVHA).
Pakazere, iyo VHA inoshandisa vanhu mazana matatu ezviuru, chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chavo vari veterans pachavo. Nekuda kwekuti vachengeti vanotambiriswa mari, havana chinokurudzira kurapa varwere zvakanyanya. Uye, sesangano rakakura reveruzhinji, VHA inokwanisa kutaurirana nemakambani emishonga nemidziyo yekurapa kuti achengetedze mitengo yakaderera pane yaanowana cheni dzechipatara.
Uku kusanganiswa kwe "mishonga yemagariro," mitengo yenhaurirano, uye vashandi vanobhadharwa vanomiririrwa zvakanyanya neAmerican Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) haina mukurumbira muRepublican Congress kana muTrump White House.
Pakutanga zhizha rino, vese vakarwisa kodzero dzenhengo dzeAFGE nekupasa "VA Accountability Act." Sezvakataurwa neAFL-CIO, chiyero ichi, chinotsigirwa nemamwe maDemocrats, chinobvisa "chero vimbiso yekuti vashandi vachanzwa vakachengeteka kutaura pamusoro pekusatungamira kana kuchengetedza kuchengetedzwa kwevarwere." Sekureva kwemubatanidzwa, "inoparadza nzira dzekunyunyuta dzakashandiswa zvinobudirira muhurumende yese kupa dziviriro kubva mukubatwa zvisina tsarukano."
Mitemo yakadaro-inovhiringidza mubatanidzwa-uye parizvino iri kutariswa neCongress-chave chiri chinangwa chenguva refu chevaRepublican-bapiro rekurudyi uye "Concerned Veterans of America." CVA iboka re astro-turf, rinopihwa mari nehama dzeKoch, iro rakawana pesvedzero yekugadzira mutemo mukati meVA kubva musarudzo dzaTrump. Kunyange zvazvo CVA iine nhengo shoma chaidzo, yakabudirira zvikuru mukusimudzira kutaurwa kwakashata kweVHA munhau, kusanganisira New York Times neNPR.
Kusiyana nemasangano echinyakare veterans (American Legion, VFW, Disabled American Veterans), CVA inovenga VHA uye inoda kuiona yakazvimiririra zvachose.
Kuti varambe kutyisidzira uku, nhengo dzemubatanidzwa weVHA nevamwe vavo vatanga chirongwa chepamberi. Vakaita misangano yakawanda yemataundi, misangano yemunharaunda "Save the VA", uye kuratidzira nemasangano evashandi neveterans muCalifornia, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, New Mexico, Tennessee, Montana, Ohio, uye Colorado. Kuratidzira kwakawanda kuri kurongwa muna Gumiguru. Kuita kwakadai, muhurumende yese yemubatanidzwa, kwakabatsira AFGE kusaina 5,000 nhengo itsva kubva muna Ndira.
Bay Area AFGE varatidziri vakabatana nevamwe vashandi veVHA, varwere vavo, uye vamwe veterans vane hanya pahurukuro muSan Francisco yakapindwa nemutungamiri vashoma veImba Nancy Pelosi. Michael Blecker, mutungamiri weSwords to Plowshares akashanda kuVietnam, akayambira kuti zvirongwa zveko zvekuderedza kushaikwa kwedzimba pakati pevakarwa hondo zviri panjodzi yekuderedzwa.
Pelosi akapokana kuti vatsoropodzi veGOP havana hanya nekuvandudza masevhisi eVHA kana kuderedza mutengo wavo. "Vanhu vanoda kubiridzira VA havadi kuita zviri nani," akadaro. "Vanoda kuita mari."
Mukushoropodza kwayo kushambadza, Kurwira Veterans Healthcare, boka reSan Francisco-based advocacy, rinocherekedza kuti bhajeti rechipatara cheVHA rakatotambanudzwa nekuda kwekusapihwa mari kusingaperi. Sezvo mutoro wezvemari wekubhadhara mari yekuchengeta yakavanzika inodhura, boka rinopokana, kushomeka kwevashandi vepamba kuchawedzera, tsvakiridzo yehunyanzvi uye zvirongwa zvekurapa zvichagurwa, vashandi vakaora mwoyo vachaenda, uye "VA ichava goko rega. โ
Kuchipatara cheDenver VA, uko vashandi vakapokana nekusarudzika Nyamavhuvhu 23, AFGE Local 2241 Mutungamiri Bernard Humbles anoti kushushikana kwevashandi kuri kuwedzera. โNdine dzimwe nhengo dzinongoti, โNdapedza,โ dzobva dzaenda nekuda kwebasa rakawandisa,โ akadaro. "Tinofanirwa kuzadza zvigaro izvi."
Bernie Sanders, aimbova sachigaro weVeterans Affairs Committee muSeneti uye agara achidzivirira VHA, akaisa mutemo wekudzikisa kushomeka kwevashandi nekugovera madhora mazana mashanu emadhora kune vatsva vanohaya. Asi Munyori weVeterans Affairs Dr. David Shulkin, avo vakashanda muhutungamiri hwaObama, vari pasi peWhite House neCongressional kumanikidzwa kuwedzera chirongwa chinonzi "Sarudzo" pane kudaro.
Yakagadzirwa neCongress muna 2014, Sarudzo inobvumira maveterans anofanirwa kufamba mamaira makumi mana kana kupfuura kuenda kunzvimbo iri pedyo yeVHA, kana vanotarisana nekunonoka kugadzwa kwenguva yakareba kupfuura mazuva makumi matatu, kushandisa vanopa vakazvimirira panzvimbo. Kudzoserwa kweFederal kweizvi zvipatara zvakazvimiririra uye vanachiremba vakatobvisa mabhiriyoni kubva kuVHA. Chirevo chemukati menguva pfupi yadarika chakaratidza maitiro ekubhadhara zvakanyanya kuTriWest neHealth Net, mainishuwarenzi maviri akazvimiririra akahaiwa kuti amise manetiweki ekunze uye kugadzirisa zvichemo zvekudzosera zvechirongwa cheChoice.
Zvichakadaro, sechidzidzo cheRand Corporation chakawanikwa muna 2015, nguva chaidzo dzekumirira paVHA ipfupi pane mubazi rakazvimirira, uye mhando yekutarisirwa kweveterans yakaenzana kana yepamusoro pane inotambirwa nevarwere vezvipatara zvakazvimiririra.
MUGODI WEGORIDHI UNOBUDA
Zvakangodaro, maRepublicans vanotsvaga kuwedzera kukuru kweVHA outsourcing, kugadzira mugodhi wegoridhe weindasitiri yehutano. Chinangwa chavo ndechekutungamira maveteran akawanda kune vasiri veVHA vanopa, kusanganisira mafemu epurofiti anozadza magwaro, kubata kushanya, kana kupa masevhisi evarwere vekunze senge audiology uye optometry.
Hondo yekudzivirira kutarisirwa kwemhando yevarwi vehondo kubatanidza vanochengeta pavashandi veVHA, varwere vavo, vamwe veterans, uye nhengo dzenharaunda dzine hanya. Kurwa uku kunobatsirawo kufumura gaka riri kuramba richikura pakati pekutaura kwaPresident Trump veteran uye mabatiro chaiwo emitemo yake pavanhu vanoshanda muchiuto uye, mune dzimwe nguva, vakamuvhotera kudonha kwekupedzisira.
Mukupera kwaGunyana kuratidzira paVA Medical Center muMinneapolis, vapiki veAFGE vakabatanidzwa nevamwe vemubatanidzwa, kusanganisira murwi wemauto, Tom Edwards, akatakura chikwangwani chainzi, "Hapana Vet Anofanira Kumira Mumutsara." Mumwe mushandi weposvo akarega basa, Edwards akaudza Workday Minnesota kuti anonzwa zvakawanda zvekutaura nezve "kutsigira mauto edu." Asi kana vauya kumba vachida kuwana hunyanzvi, hunyanzvi hwekutarisirwa senge VHA inopa, imwe nyaya. โZviri kuitika munyika ino zvakaipa,โ akadaro.
Suzanne Gordon inhengo yeCWA/NewsGuild uye munyori we Hondo yeVeterans 'Healthcare: Dispatches kubva kuFront Lines yePolisi Kugadzira uye Kuchengeta Murwere. Ian Hoffmann murongi wezvemitemo uye wezvematongerwo enyika ane AFGE, anogara kuchamhembe kweCalifornia. Kuti uwane zvakawanda pamusoro pekurwisa VHA privatization, ona ffvhc.org.
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