Ngenkathi iningi leNdlu entsha lidlulisa isikhwama salo sokuncishiswa kwemali kahulumeni ngenyanga edlule, lisungula umdlalo wenkukhu oqhubekayo ne-White House mayelana nanoma yikuphi ukwenyuka komkhawulo wezikweletu, baphinde baqondisa umlilo wabo ezinsizeni ezibalulekile zamangqalabutho ezempi, isifunda. kudala bethandana neqembu labo. Okufakwe ku-โLimit, Save, Grow Act of 2023,โ kwaba ukwehliswa okuhlongozwayo ngo-22% kwezimali zoMnyango Wezindaba Zomakadebona (VA).
AmaRiphabhulikhi asohlangothini lwesokudla aphikizela ukuze azihlinzekele ngezepolitiki ngokugcizelela ukuthi "uhlelo lwethu lokunquma isabelomali alulimazi omakadebona." Kunalokho, kusho uMike Bost, owake waba yiMarine evela e-Illinois manje osengusihlalo weKomidi Lezindaba Zomakadebona Bendlu, ozakwabo abalandela imithetho bezama nje ukuphoqa ingxoxo ekade idlulelwe yisikhathi yokuthi ngabe uxhaso lwe-VA "luyabasiza ngempela omakadebona."
Ngenhlanhla, isiguli se-VA, esikhethelwe kuCongress ngonyaka odlule, sathatha izintambo zeNdlu ukuze sisole iningi lamaRiphabhulikhi ngokuphasisa โuhlelo lwe-BSโ โokuwukukhaphela okuphelele kanye nehlazo.โ Njengowayeyisikhulu seNavy uChris Deluzio (D-PA) kuphawulwe, I-House Republicans "isongela ngokuqhumisa umnotho wethu futhi isiqhubekisele phambili ngaphandle uma sivuma ukusikeka kuma-VA nama-veteran, nokunye okuningi. Asikho isivikelo esisodwa, akukho nesisodwa somakadebona kumthethosivivinywa wabo. โฆIzigidi zomakadebona zizophambana nalolu hlelo. Ngeke bakuthole ukunakekelwa abakutholile, futhi kuzodingeka balinde isikhathi eside ukuze bathole izinzuzo.โ
Inkulumo kaDeluzio evuthayo idale ukunaka okuningi kwabezindaba futhi yabeka ithoni kwamanye amaDemocrats, njengawo Joe Biden kanye ne-California Congressman UMark Takano, abaye balinganisa, ngokugxeka okufanayo kobuzenzisi be-GOP. Abeluleki kanye nosomaqhinga beDemocratic Party, akungabazeki ukuthi, sebevele badweba uhlobo lokuhlasela olungezayo-okugxile ekusekeleni iRiphabhulikhi ekuncishisweni kwezinzuzo ze-VA-okuzosakazwa ukuze kusizwe i-White House ihehe "ivoti lezilwane" kude nabavotelwe kwesokudla ngokulandelayo. ngonyaka, abadinga ukunqotshwa ngenxa yezizathu eziningi.
Isikrini Sentuthu Esifika Ngesikhathi
Leyo bhilidi yemidiya ekhokhelwayo ezayo izoba nokubi. Kuzophinde kusithe iqiniso lokuthi izinsongo zamanje ezinhlelweni zomakadebona aziveli nje kuningi leNdlu noma amaRiphabhulikhi alandela umthetho eSigele njengoJerry Moran (R-Kan.) UBiden ngokwakhe uyalimaza, kunokuba asize, omakadebona ngokubukela phansi ukuhlinzekwa komphakathi. yokunakekelwa kwabo. Noma kunjalo, uMoran, kanye owayenguDemocrat UKyrsten Sinema, usanda kwethula i- โUMTHETHO Wokuhlonyiswa Kwezempilo Kwamakadebona, Ukufinyelela, Ubuholi, Nokungafihli KwamaQhawe ethu (HEALTH) ka-2023., lokho kungaphoqa abaphathi ukuthi banwebe ukwenziwa kwe-VA okuyimfihlo nakakhulu.
Njengoba lokhu kubambisana kwezepolitiki kukhombisa, ukubuyiselwa kwemali okwenyukayo kokunakekelwa okuqondile komakadebona abayizigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye bekulokhu kuwumsebenzi ohlangene. Kusukela ku-Obama kuya ku-Trump kanye manje Biden, abaphathi abathathu abahlukene bamukele umbono wokuthi ukushintsha iziguli ze-VA zibe amakhasimende embonini yezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezizimele kuyinqubomgomo yomphakathi engcono kunokuqinisa uhlelo lwezempilo lomphakathi olukhulu kunawo wonke futhi imodeli esebenzayo engcono kakhulu yemithi yokuxhumana nabantu.
Ukukhishwa kwe-VA kukhule ngesivinini esikhulu selokhu umfelandawonye wamaRepublicans kanye namaDemocrats ezinkampani aphasise uMthetho we-VA MISSION Act ka-2018. Njengoba kusetshenziswa uDonald Trump-futhi, manje, uBiden ngokwakhe-lo mthetho uphambukisa imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama- $30 ngonyaka kwisabelomali sokunakekelwa okuqondile sale nhlangano. bese ngigeza leyo mali izindlela zokwelapha ezizimele kanye nezibhedlela ezenza inzuzo ngokuvamile abakulungele kahle ukuphatha omakadebona. Leli inani elicishe lilingane nokushoda kwezimali kwe-VA okungaba umphumela wempumelelo enkulu yomthetho kaSomlomo weNdlu uKevin McCarthy kuze kube manjeโokukhulunywe ngenhla โUmthetho Wokukhawula, Wonga, Ukhule wango-2023.โ
Ngenxa yoMTHETHO WE-MISSION, i-VA iguqulelwe ngokwengxenye yaba umkhokhi wezikweletu wesitayela se-Medicare ezithunyelwe abathengisi bangaphandle, enobunzima obufanayo bamaphepha, ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi okuxegayo, namathuba okukhwabanisa nokuhlukumeza. I izithakazelo zangasese ezinamandla okuthole lokhu kusakazwa kwemali entsha ye-federal enenzuzo balwela ukuyigcina nokuyikhulisa. Bahlanganisa ezinye zezinkampani ezifanayo ezikhona ukubukela phansi iMedicare yendabuko ukufakwa ngokubhalisa ngaphezu kwesigamu sabo bonke abadala ezinhlelweni ze-Medicare Advantage, ngosizo olusebenzayo oluvela ku-Trump kanye ne-Biden Administrations.
"Ukuncintisana Okunempilo" Noma Ukulimaza i-VA?
Njengoba icala le-House Veterans Affairs Committee lembulwa ngo-2022, ukusetshenziswa kwe-VA ekunakekelweni kwemboni ezimele kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-116 eminyakeni ngemva kokuphasiswa koMthetho we-MISSION, kuyilapho uxhaso lwabasebenzi besikhungo sezokwelapha i-VA lukhule ngamaphesenti angama-32 kuphela. Selokhu uChris Deluzio ejoyine ikomidi ngoJanuwari walo nyaka, ubeyi-House Democrat eyivelakancane ezimisele ukubuza ukuthi lo mkhuba omubi ubhekephi. Engxoxweni yakamuva, ebihanjelwe nguNobhala we-VA uDenis McDonough, uDeluzio uthe "uyaziqhenya ngokuthola ukunakekelwa kwami โโโโkwezempilo e-VA," โโephawula ukuthi izifundo eziningi zocwaningo ziqinisekisile izinga layo eliphezulu kanye nokusebenza kahle kwezindleko ezihlobene nomkhakha ozimele.
Lapho eshintshana noMcDonough, uDeluzio waveza umehluko oqhubekayo phakathi kwesabelomali sesabelomali se-Biden Administration sokunakekelwa kwangaphakathi uma kuqhathaniswa. Ube esecela uMcDonough ukuthi โangihambise ngokuthi kungani sibona lokho kukhula ngakolunye uhlangothi futhi yini evimbela ikhono le-VA lokwenza okwengeziwe ezikhungweni ze-VA?โ Njengokujwayelekile, uMcDonough wacasha ngemuva kwesimangalo esingenangqondo sokuthi izandla zakhe ziboshwe yiCongress.
Eqinisweni, kusukela ngoJanuwari, 2021, unobhala we-VA uye yehlulekile ukushintsha imithetho yokuphatha, eyamenyezelwa ngaphansi kukaTrump, owasebenzisa uMthetho we-MISSION ngezindlela ezazidinga ukuthi i-VA idlulisele iziguli ezigidini zokuqokwa ngaphandle kwesistimu yayo, lapho izikhathi zokulinda bezivame ukuba zinde. Embikweni weCongress ngoSepthemba odlule, uMcDonough wenza isibikezelo esishaqisayo, kodwa esinembile sokuthi "i-VA isondela ngokushesha endaweni lapho ingxenye eyodwa yokunakekelwa konke" izokhishwa khona. Kuwo lo mbhalo, uvumile ukuthi ukunakekelwa kwasendlini ishibhile, kuyashesha, kusezingeni eliphezulu, futhi kukhethwa omakadebona ngokwabo. Kepha uMcDonough ugcizelela ukuthi i-ejensi yakhe kanye nosonkontileka bayo abazimele abayizigidi eziyi-1.2, nokho, bamatasatasa ohlotsheni โumncintiswano onempiloโ lokho kuzuzisa iziguli, abahlinzeki, nabakhokhi bentela.
Abanakekeli bangaphambili abavumelani kakhulu nalokhu kuhlola. Izinkulungwane ezimbalwa ziphendule ucwaningo olwenziwe ngonyaka odlule yi-American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), inyunyana enkulu ye-VA. NgoMashi, umbiko ka-2023 ubiziwe Ukuncisha amathuba VA, baxwayise ngokuthi amandla abo okunakekela omakadebona abekwe engcupheni enkulu ngokuqhubeka kukaBiden kwezinqubomgomo zokuphatha kukaTrump kanye nemikhuba yabasebenzi. Abaphendulile ocwaningweni babike ukuncishiswa kwezinsizakalo, izinsongo zokuvalwa kwezikhungo, ukuntuleka kokuqashwa okusha, nomphumela wokushoda kwabasebenzi, okubhebhethekiswe ukushintsha okuphazamisayo kwezinkulungwane zochwepheshe bezempilo kusukela ekunikezeni ukunakekelwa okuqondile kuya ekuqapheni ukusebenza okunezinkinga kwabahlinzeki bezinkampani ezizimele.
Njengoba umbiko osekelwe i-AFGE ugomela, โngisho nangaphakathi kwemingcele engokomthetho yoMthetho we-MISSION, uNobhala uMcDonough angamemezela imithethonqubo emisha ezobeka phambili isidingo sezokwelapha, ikhwalithi, kanye nokufika ngesikhathi kokunakekelwa, ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye,โ njengesisekelo sokudluliselwa kwesiguli ngaphandle. eya VA. Njengasesikhathini esidlule (okungukuthi ngaphambi kuka-Obama, uTrump, kanye noBiden), omakadebona ngabanye โbabesengathunyelwa ngaphandle kwesistimu uma ukunakekelwa okufanele bekungatholakali ngaphakathi kwalo.โ
Ibhomu leSinema-Moran
Lokho kulungiswa ngeke kwenzeke uma uSenator Sinema, ilungu leKomidi Lezindaba Zomakadebona onomakadebona abangu-500,000 phakathi kwezindawo zakhe e-Arizona, ezakhela umfutho wokwenziwa okuyimfihlo ngoMthetho wakhe ohlongozwayo Womakadebona WEZEMPILO. Ngaphansi kwesicathulo sokwandisa "inketho kamakadebona," izovula amasango ezikhukhula ukuze kutholwe ngaphandle ngezindlela ezintsha nezilimaza kakhulu ngoba "izohlanganisa futhi yandise indlela ekhona yokunquma ukuthi umakadebona ufanelekela nini ukuthola i- [non-VA ] careโฆโ Phakathi kwabasekeli balo mthetho kukhona abasekeli besikhathi eside be-VA yangasese efana ne-Koch Brothers exhaswe ngezimali i-Concerned Veterans for America kanye ne-Independence Fund exhunywe noTrump, kanye ne-American Legion kanye namaVeterans of Foreign Wars.
I-Conservative Legion kanye ne-VFW bobabili badedela amalungu abo phansi eminyakeni emihlanu edlule lapho becindezela iCongress ukuthi iphasise uMthetho we-MISSION, ukuzinikela ekunakekeleni kwezempilo okubhalwe encwadini yethu yakamuva, Omakadebona Bakithi. Ngokungafani nalezi zinhlangano zomugqa wakudala, amaqembu amancane okumela athuthukayo afana ne-Common Defense kanye ne-Veterans for Peace baphonsele inselelo ukwenziwa kwe-VA yangasese kanye nokuhlaselwa okuhlobene ne-bi-partisan ezinhlelweni zenhlalo yabo bonke abantu baseMelika abampofu nabasebenzayo. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngokwesibonelo, i-Common Defense yabekela inselele ubudlelwano be-Sinema nezimboni zezokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nezemithi, abahlomuli abakhulu ababili be-VA outsourcing.
Abahlanu ababengamalungu ebutho lezempi, abasebenza emkhandlwini wakhe wokweluleka omakadebona ushiye ukuphikisana futhi isenzo sabo sandiswa ekuthengeni isikhangiso esinezibalo eziyisikhombisa. Umakadebona we-Air Force uSylvia Gonzalez Andersh ubengomunye walabo abagxeka uSenator "ngokuphendula abaxhasi abakhulu kunabantu bakho."
Amalungu e-Common Defense kanye nabanye abavoti base-Arizona abakhashelwe yi-Sinema manje basekela iCongressman URuben Gallego, umakadebona wezempi wasolwandle oneminyaka engu-43, okungenzeka ukuthi uphikisana naye weDemocratic Alliance ngonyaka ozayo. Indodana yabokufika abavela e-Columbia naseMexico futhi eyilungu le-Congressional Progressive Caucus, uGallego wethula umkhankaso wakhe ngoJanuwari emcimbini nozakwabo bomakadebona endaweni yeLegion eGuadalupe, e-Arizona. Kuleso simemezelo nakwezinye izingxoxo, waxhumanisa ezakhe izinkinga nesifo sokucindezeleka kwangemva kokuhlukumezeka esinqumweni sakhe sokungena kwezombusazwe futhi alwele ukufinyelela okwandisiwe kwezempilo ngezinhlelo zomphakathi ezifana ne-Medicare kanye ne-VA. โAbacebile nabanamandla, abadingi abameli abaningi,โ kusho uGallego. "Ngabantu abazama ukunquma phakathi kwegrosa nezinsiza ezidinga umuntu olwela zona."
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