VA Hospitals

The VA Hospital scandal reminds me of the 1989 film, “Born on the Fourth of July” starring Tom Cruise.

“Paralyzed from the mid-chest down, he spends several months recovering at the Bronx Veterans Administration hospital. The hospital living conditions are deplorable: rats crawl freely on the floors, the staff is generally apathetic to their patients' needs, doctors visit the patients infrequently, drug use is rampant (among both the staff and patients), and equipment is too old and ill-maintained to be useful.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_on_the_Fourth_of_July_(film)