Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 16, 2009
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Transcript:
Kelly: It's not your older brother's Afghanistan now, Jeff - it's the main event. We're resetting, and this time we'll get it right. We just have to deploy the right assets. Now, I know what you're wondering... Jeff: I'm wondering if I can still blow up stuff. Kelly: And yes, we still have a great health plan!
As bad as VA medical care may be – I do not know, personally – it is light years better than that of tens of millions of civilian Americans, which is no medical care at all. As far as retiring from the military into “the same great health plan,” that differs from civilian retirees, who typically retire into no health plan, until they are eligible for Medicare, which is, of course, a form of … socialized medicine.