When bureaucracy fails, veterans pay the price

For too long, America’s veterans have been caught in a system that talks about gratitude but delivers red tape. The Department of Veterans Affairs was supposed to offer world-class care. Instead, it’s been stiffing the very doctors and rehab specialists who make that care possible.

I’ve seen it firsthand. A trusted San Diego rehab facility — one I’ve personally relied on for my own employees — had to stop accepting veterans. Not because they lacked compassion or skill, but because the VA owed them hundreds of thousands of dollars. The slow-pay, no-pay routine nearly sank their business. These were elite professionals, forced to walk away from the very people they were built to serve.

This isn’t an isolated case. Across the country, the VA’s community care

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