If private companies had mismanaged outpatient care for 
    veterans the way the V.A. system has, there would be 
    strong calls from all the usual quarters for a government 
    takeover, and proclamations of how we can't trust "greedy"
    for-profit companies to take care of veterans. Funny how 
    this thought process doesn't seem to work in reverse, 
    except among "free market ideologues," who have been 
    criticizing the V.A. for years.