Recently, the battle over the future of veterans healthcare increased in intensity because arguably the two most prominent politicians in the country weighed in on the issue, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and President Trump.
At a town hall in April, Ocasio-Cortez criticized the Trump administration's efforts to expand healthcare choice for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs and said in regards to the VA that “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.” It isn't surprising that Ocasio-Cortez would vigorously defend the VA while attacking reforms meant to give veterans more private healthcare options. Many of her ideological partners, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., consider the VA a model government-run healthcare system and a positive example of “socialism in action.”
