This is what small government looks like . . . Veterans’ demand for medical services is soaring.

The number of outpatient visits to V.A. health care facilities has grown by 26 percent over the last five years, to 94.6 million in the current fiscal year, according to the department. Over the same period, the number of staff doctors and nurses has grown by 18 percent. But the problems described Friday {5/30/14} in an internal audit {. . . } found “chronic delays in care” at veterans hospitals and clinics, resulting in part from “the current shortage of nurses, nurse practitioners, primary care providers and specialty physicians.” Source: V.A. Chief Resigns in Face of Furor on Delayed Care - By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr .- NY Times - MAY 30, 2014 It was as the Army chief of staff that Gen. Eric Shinseki stood bravely against President George W. Bush’s defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, who wanted to invade and occupy Iraq with far too few troops, a catastrophic decision that led to a bloody insurgency and unending chaos — and a cascade of injuries that will be burdening Veterans Affairs for decades to come. Source: "Mr. Shinseki Takes the Fall" By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - NY Times - MAY 30, 2014

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