folks believe what Trump and the republicans tell them. They don't understand that there are already extensive hoops that veterans jump through to get help. There are certainly ways to make programs more efficient, and sometimes the benefits you get depend upon how good your counselors are. But overall at least Veterans have had priority in their own hospitals and comprehensive care (dental, glasses, etc if they are completely disabled)
I'm pretty familiar with this topic. My father is a disabled war veteran, and didn't completely leave work until I was in high school. All he could do was drive forklift at the end, but he's a nice guy & his foremen worked with him until he got his 15 years in for a modest pension from his employer. Then he retired with social security and veteran's benefits (and they started doing the surgeries etc that he needed). His care from the VA over the years has been very good.
I could see that some changes might be positive - private medical clinics in some areas may be better than the aging VA hospitals. But I fear they will use this to simply try to cut costs whether it's best for the veteran or not. And the "re-classifying" really scares me - I feel that is how they'll really try to cut a lot of folks out "of the system".
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