Iraq vet J.R. Salzman on VA funding bill: 'Like giving Jeffrey Dahmer a bigger freezer'

Sarah D. | 12:32 PM on August 07, 2014

President Obama has signed the $16.3 billion Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, which is supposed to improve care at VA hospitals. But Wounded Warrior J.R. Salzman isn’t convinced that this will actually do anything to fix our broken, scandal-plagued VA system:

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497404069406064640

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497406040263360513

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497407089808273408

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497408128812875776

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497410177705181185

A colorful analogy … and based one what we’ve seen so far, an accurate one as well.

https://twitter.com/RyanBLeslie/status/497410598259654656

@jrsalzman: "It's the leadership, stupid!"

— M. K. Clarke (@BlackAndWryte) August 7, 2014

@jrsalzman Exactly. The problem isn't funding, it's a choking bureaucracy that prevents care.

— Robb Allen (@ItsRobbAllen) August 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497411500215402496

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/497412314648576000

Iraq vet J.R. Salzman on VA funding bill: &#039;Like giving Jeffrey Dahmer a bigger freezer&#039;