I do not know this for sure, but assuming that there is some measure (read:  a great deal) of government bureaucracy in the delivery model of healthcare for our veterans, doesn't it make sense to cut it down to bring patient and doctor/physician closer so that they are provided care in a much more timely fashion?  These are the absolute LAST people who should be made to wait since they have served their country.  It is part of the debt that is owed them.  What happens to them under Obamacare?  Shudder to think . . .