HCS/490
July 21, 2014
Healthcare reform is a multifarious issue; entailing altered attributes. The prime objective of healthcare reform is to deliver healthcare coverage for Americans unanimously and diminution the cost of health care services (The New York State Government, 2014). According to New York State Government (2014), "Many people feel that providing healthcare coverage to the millions of people who are currently uninsured would cause the health system to be overloaded, resulting in long waits and overworked clinicians"(par. 10). An article written by Dennis Wagner-USA TODAY, demonstrates the struggles for Veterans healthcare reform. The article titled, "Acting VA Secretary: 18 Vets on Phoenix Wait List Died" has a pellucid statement of what is entailed in the article. Dennis Wagner, details the article questioning the standards and stipulations of Veterans Healthcare Reform, and how the reform should be given proper attention, when Veterans are placed on waiting list. The article incorporates the interaction of political quotes from governmental parties discloses the possibility of special waiting list that benefit particular Veterans. Resulting with improper care of Veterans. According to Wagner (June 6, 2014), "During a news conference Thursday at the Carl T. Hayden Medical Center in Phoenix, where the VA medical scandal erupted, Gibson also disclosed that at least 18 Arizona veterans died while awaiting doctor appointments, though it remains unclear whether the delayed care is to blame for those fatalities" (par. 2). Wagner states that are unclear if the lack of care is due to delays of physician appointments or, bogus reasoning's provided by the Veteran's care facility. Wagner states that a full investigation would be executed. The results would be released the following Monday to the public media. There have been many veterans "nationwide that has been