Code WACK!

Can veterans really get better care outside the VA?


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This time on Code WACK!

How is the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming increasingly privatized and what could this mean for those who have served and sacrificed for our country? Is corporate health insurance better than the VA healthcare system - or not? How is privatization affecting the financial viability of the VA -- and what can be done to stop it?

To find out, we recently spoke to Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry executive turned whistleblower, the New York Times bestselling author of Deadly Spin and the president of the Center for Health and Democracy. He's also the author of the Substack newsletter HEALTH CARE un-covered where he recently penned a post entitled "Privatizing the VA: The Unseen Costs to Veterans and Taxpayers Alike."

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

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