Yes, the VA is more akin to the UK's NHS (socialized costs/medicine) than a single-payer system like Medicare (socialized insurance/private doctors). The VA wa

Yes, the VA is more akin to the UK's NHS (socialized costs/medicine) than a single-payer system like Medicare (socialized insurance/private doctors). The VA was under-budget even before the two wars started in 2002/2003. Then the ruined bodies and psyches rolled in, and VA wasn't given additional funding to handle the aftermath. It's pretty clear how that ends up. The wars above cost $Trillions but the aftermath costs a few more Trillions that VA and other agencies didn't have.