Apo ruzhinji rweImba itsva rwakapfuura bhegi rayo rekubvisa mari yehurumende mwedzi wapera, vachigadzira mutambo wehuku neWhite House pamusoro pekuwedzera kwechikwereti chemubatanidzwa, vakatungamirawo moto wavo kumabasa akakosha evarwi vehondo, dunhu. kwenguva refu nepati yavo. Inosanganisirwa mu "Limit, Save, Grow Act ye2023," yaive yakarongwa kudzikiswa kwe22% yemari kuDhipatimendi reVeterans Affairs (VA).
MaRepublicans ekurudyi vakapokana kuti vazvivhare zvematongerwo enyika nekusimbirira kuti "hurongwa hwedu hwekucheka bhajeti hahukuvadze veterans." Pane kudaro, akadaro Mike Bost, aimbove Marine kubva kuIllinois zvino ari sachigaro weHouse Veterans Affairs Committee, vamwe vake vanochengetedza vanga vachiedza kumanikidza nhaurirano yakatora nguva yakareba yekuti VA mari "iri kubatsira chaizvo veterans."
Sezvineiwo, murwere weVA, akasarudzwa kuCongress gore rapfuura, akatora dare reImba kupomera ruzhinji rweRepublican kupasa "hurongwa hweBS" ndiko "kutengesa zvachose uye zvinonyadzisa." Seaimbove Mupurisa weNavy Chris Deluzio (D-PA) akadaro, House Republicans "vari kutyisidzira kuparadza hupfumi hwedu uye kutisundira mukutadza kunze kwekunge tabvumirana kucheka kuVA nevarwi vehondo, uye nezvimwe zvakawanda. Iko hakuna dziviriro imwe chete, hapana kana imwe yeveterans mubhiri ravo. โฆMamiriyoni evakarwa hondo achakanganiswa nechirongwa ichi. Havasi kuzowana rubatsiro rwavanenge vawana, uye vachatofanira kumirira kwenguva yakareba kuti vawane rubatsiro.โ
Kutaura kwemoto kwaDeluzio kwakaunza kutarisisa kwevezvenhau uye kuseta inzwi kune mamwe maDemocrats, senge Joe Biden uye California Congressman Mark Takano, avo vakayera mukati, nekutsoropodza kwakafanana kweGOP hunyengeri. Vanopa mazano eDemocratic Party uye nyanzvi, pasina kupokana, vatove kudhirowa rudzi rwekurwiswa kunowedzera - kutarisa rutsigiro rweRepublican kune VA mabhenefiti ekucheka - iyo ichaburitswa kubatsira iyo White House kukwezva "vet vhoti" kure nevamiriri vebapiro rekurudyi vanotevera. gore, vanoda kukundwa nezvikonzero zvakawanda.
A Yenguva Yakakodzera Smokescreen
Iyo iri kuuya yakabhadharwa midhiya blitz ichave neimwe yakaderera. Zvichawedzera kuvharidzira chokwadi chekuti kutyisidzira kwazvino kuzvirongwa zveveterans hakusi kungobva kuruzhinji rweImba kana maRepublicans muSeneti saJerry Moran (R-Kan.) Biden pachake ari kukuvadza, pane kubatsira, veterans nekukanganisa kupihwa neveruzhinji. yekuchengeta kwavo. Zvakadaro, Moran, pamwe chete aimbova Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, achangobva kuunza a โVeterans Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) ACT of 2023., izvo zvaizomanikidza manejimendi kuwedzera VA privatization zvakatonyanya.
Sezvinoratidzwa nekubatana kwezvematongerwo enyika uku, kudzoreredzwa kwemari yekutarisirwa kwakananga kwevarwi vehondo mamirioni mapfumbamwe kwagara kuri chirongwa chemubatanidzwa. Kubva kuna Obama kuenda kuna Trump uye zvino Biden, vatungamiri vatatu vakasiyana-siyana vakagamuchira pfungwa yokuti kushandura varwere veVA kuva vatengi vekambani yehutano yehutano huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani huri nani. yakanakisa inoshanda modhi yesocialized mushonga.
Kuburitswa kweVA kunze kwakakwira zvakanyanya kubva mubatanidzwa wemaRepublicans nemaDemocratic corporate wakapasisa VA MISSION Act ya2018. Sekuitwa kwaDonald Trump-uye, ikozvino, Biden pachake-mutemo uyu unobvisa mari inodarika mabhiriyoni makumi matatu emadhora pagore kubva kubhajeti resangano rekuchengetedza. ndokugeza mari iyoyo maitiro ekurapa akazvimirira uye zvipatara zvepurofiti kazhinji kushoma kugadzirira kurapa veterans. Iyi imari inenge yakaenzana nekushomeka kwemari kweVA iyo yaizokonzerwa neMutauriri weImba Kevin McCarthy budiriro huru yemutemo kusvika pari zvino - yataurwa pamusoro "Limit, Save, Grow Act ya2023."
Nekuda kweMISSION ACT, VA yakashandurwa zvishoma kuita mubhadhari weMedicare-maitiro emabhiri akaunzwa nevatengesi vekunze, aine akawanda emapepa akafanana matambudziko, lax quality control, uye mikana yekubiridzira nekushungurudza. The zvinhu zvine simba zvakavanzika iyo yakawana iyi inobhadhara mari itsva yemubatanidzwa irikurwira kuichengetedza nekuiwedzera. Vanosanganisira mamwe emakambani akafanana ari kuderedza Medicare yechinyakare kufukidzwa nekunyoresa inopfuura hafu yevakuru vose muzvirongwa zveMedicare Advantage, nerubatsiro runoshanda kubva kuTrump neBiden Administration.
"Kukwikwidza Kwehutano" Kana Kukanganisa iyo VA?
Sekunzwa kweHouse Veterans Affairs Committee kwakaziviswa muna 2022, mari yeVA mukuchengeta yakazvimirira yakawedzera ne116 muzana mumakore mushure mekupasiswa kweMISSION Act, nepo mari yevashandi veVA yekurapa yakakura ne32 chete muzana. Kubva Chris Deluzio apinda mukomiti iyi muna Ndira wegore rino, anga ari muDemocratic House asingawanzo kubvunza kuti dambudziko iri rakananga kupi. Pakunzwa kwechangobva kuitika, kwakapindwa neMunyori weVA Denis McDonough, Deluzio akati "aidada kugamuchira hutano hwangu kuVA," achicherechedza kuti zvidzidzo zvakawanda zvekutsvakurudza zvakasimbisa hutano hwayo hwepamusoro uye hunobudirira hunoenderana nehupfumi.
Mukuchinjana naMcDonough, Deluzio akataura kusaenzana kuri kuramba kuripo pakati peBiden Administration bhajeti yakagovaniswa yemukati-mumba vs. Akazokoka McDonough kuti "ndifambise nei tiri kuona kukura uku kune rimwe divi uye chii chiri kutadzisa iyo VA kugona kuita zvakawanda mukati meVA zvivakwa?" Senguva dzose, McDonough akavanda kuseri kwekutaura kwakashata kuti maoko ake akasungwa neCongress.
Muchokwadi, kubva muna Ndira, 2021, Munyori weVA ane akatadza kutsiva mitemo yekutonga, yakashambadzwa pasi peTrump, iyo yakashandisa MISSION Act nenzira dzaida kuti VA itumire varwere kumamiriyoni ekugadzwa kunze kwehurongwa hwayo, uko nguva dzekumirira dzagara dzakareba. Mune mushumo kuCongress munaGunyana apfuura, McDonough akaita zvinotyisa, asi zvakarurama, kufanotaura kuti "VA iri kukurumidza kusvika kune imwe hafu yekutarisira kwose" ichabudiswa kunze. Mugwaro rimwe chetero, akabvuma kuti kuchengeta mumba kwakachipa, nekukurumidza, kwemhando yepamusoro, uye kunofarirwa nevarwi vehondo pachavo. Asi McDonough anosimbirira kuti agency yake nemakondirakiti ayo akazvimirira miriyoni imwe chete, zvisinei, vari kuita mutowo โmakwikwi ane utanoโ izvo zvinobatsira kuvarwere, vanopa rubatsiro, uye vateresi.
Vatarisiri vepamberi vanopokana zvakanyanya nekuongorora uku. Zviuru zvinoverengeka zvakapindura ongororo yakaitwa gore rapfuura neAmerican Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), iyo huru VA mubatanidzwa. Muna Kurume, 2023 mushumo wakafona Disadvantaging the VA, vakayambira kuti kugona kwavo kuchengeta veterans kwakakanganiswa zvakanyanya nekuenderera mberi kwaBiden kwemitemo yekutonga kwaTrump uye maitiro evashandi. Ongororo vakapindura vakashuma kuderedzwa kwesevhisi, kutyisidzira kwekuvhara nzvimbo, kushaikwa kwevashandi vatsva, uye kuperevedza kwevashandi, zvichiwedzerwa nekukanganisa kwezviuru zvevashandi vehutano kubva pakupa tarisiro yakananga kutarisisa mashandiro ane dambudziko evanopa zvikamu zvakazvimiririra.
Sokupokana kunoita mushumo unotsigirwa neAFGE, "kunyangwe mukati mezvirambidzo zveMISSION Act, Secretary McDonough anogona kuburitsa mirau mitsva inotungamira kudiwa kwekurapa, kunaka, uye kuenderana nenguva kwekutarisirwa, pamusoro pezvimwe zvese," sehwaro hwekuendeswa kwevarwere kunze. iye VA. Semunguva yakapfuura (kureva Obama, Trump, uye Biden), varwi vehondo vaigona "kutumirwa kunze kwehurongwa kana kutarisirwa kwakakodzera mukati mayo."
Bhomba reSinema-Moran
Kururamiswa kwekosi iyoyo hakuzomboitika kana Senator Sinema, nhengo yeVeterans Affairs Committee ine mazana mashanu ezviuru veterans pakati pevamiriri vake muArizona, akavaka simba rekuenderera mberi nehupfumi kuburikidza neakadanwa Veterans HEALTH Act. Pasi pechiratidziro chekuwedzera "sarudzo yevarwi," yaizovhura magedhi-mafashama ekutsvaga kunze-nzira itsva uye dzinotonyanya kuparadza nekuti "yaizobatanidza nekuwedzera maitiro aripo ekuona kuti murwi anokodzera riini [asiri-VA. ] hanyaโฆโ Pakati pevanotsigira mutemo uyu pane vagara vachitsigira VA privatization seKoch Brothers-inotsigirwa nemari yeConcerned Veterans yeAmerica neTrump-yakabatana Independence Fund, pamwe neAmerican Legion neVeterans of Foreign Wars.
The Conservative Legion neVFW vese vakasiya nhengo dzavo pasi makore mashanu apfuura pavakamanikidza Congress kuti ipasise MISSION Act, kuzvipira kumakambani ehutano akanyorwa mubhuku redu razvino, Veterans vedu. Kusiyana nemasangano echinyakare aya, mapoka madiki ekusimudzira anofambira mberi seCommon Defense uye Veterans for Peace akapokana neVA privatization uye zvine chekuita nebi-partisan kurwisa zvirongwa zvemagariro kune vese varombo uye vanoshanda-kirasi vekuAmerica. Makore maviri apfuura, semuenzaniso, Common Defense yakapokana hukama hweSinema kune hutano uye maindasitiri emishonga, vaviri vakabatsirikana zvikuru neVA kunze.
Vashanu vaimbove nhengo dzechiuto, vachishanda vari veterans 'advisory council yake akazvitsaurira pakuratidzira uye kuita kwavo kwakasimudzirwa mukutenga ad yenhamba nomwe. Murwi weAir Force, Sylvia Gonzalez Andersh aive mumwe weavo vakapopotera Senator ne "kupindura kune vanopa hombe kwete vanhu vako."
Nhengo dzeCommon Defense uye vamwe vavhoti veArizona vakatengeswa naSinema vava kuungana kumashure kweCongressman Ruben Gallego, ane makore makumi mana nematatu ekurwa murwi wemauto, angangove mupikisi wake weDemocratic gore rinouya. Mwanakomana wevakabva kuColumbia neMexico uye nhengo yeCongressional Progressive Caucus, Gallego akatanga mushandirapamwe wake muna Ndira pachiitiko nevamwe veterans panzvimbo yeLegion muGuadalupe, Arizona. Muchiziviso ichocho uye kumwe kubvunzurudzwa, akabatanidza kutambura kwake ne-post-traumatic stress disorder nesarudzo yake yekupinda mune zvematongerwo enyika uye kurwira kuwaniswa kwehutano hwehutano kuburikidza nezvirongwa zveveruzhinji seMedicare neVA. โVapfumi nevane simba havadi vamwe vamiriri,โ anodaro Gallego. "Ndivo vanhu vari kuyedza kusarudza pakati pemagirosari uye zvekushandisa vanoda murwi wavo."
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