Making Use of the huge VA Hospital Overcapacity: Expand Access to Reduce Costs

Food for thought! Will President Trump close or sell some of the excess VA hospitals?

I am not even sure it has been really necessary for the VA to run their own hospitals! How different are war injuries from e.g. shooting injuries in the US? To finance and support research and/or training of doctors for war injuries would probably suffice.

"The Veterans Affairs (VA) health-care system was developed to finance and deliver hospital care to servicemen injured in the world wars. Since the World War II era, the veteran share of the nation’s population has plummeted and shifted away from large northeastern cities. The VA, however, maintains almost the same 170 major hospitals. These facilities now treat only a third as many patients as similar-size private hospitals. ..."

Making Use of VA Hospital Overcapacity: Expand Access to Reduce Costs | Manhattan Institute