• aidan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is a false presumption. Overall compared to most countries the VA is not bad

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        1 year ago

        It depends what you mean by universal healthcare- but also generally the US pays much better. And at least in the area I used to live the VA wasn’t bad.

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          1 year ago

          The US may pay well in terms of gross pay, but the real wages (spending power) and social supports are significantly weaker than in most other developed countries.

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            1 year ago

            In terms of social supports for specifically soldiers idk in general, but I know that’s not true for st least one NATO & EU state

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          Hate to break it to you but the US is last in OECD nations regarding universal healthcare and I can’t believe I have to explain that

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            1 year ago

            Yeah but we aren’t talking about universal healthcare. We are talking about specifically veterans and current soldiers