The controversy enveloping the Veterans Affairs department’s health care division is actually a net positive for the country, says retired neurosurgeon and conservative commentator Ben Carson, because it has shown Americans the pitfalls of a government run healthcare system.
‘I think what’s happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider,’ Carson told Fox News on Saturday after an anchor asked him if the VA drama is a ‘preview’ of what is going to happen with Obamacare when it is fully implemented.
‘And if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans,’ Carson continued, ‘how in the world with are you going to do it with the entire population? You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.