Congress this week did something which is fairly unusual these days — it passed legislation that is directly in line with the public’s assessment of priorities. The House and the Senate passed a bill that will direct more than $16 billion into the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare system, and sent the bill over to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law.
This fits squarely with data from a June Gallup poll showing that 87% of Americans rated “improving the way healthcare services are provided to U.S. military veterans” as extremely or very important for the president and Congress to deal with, significantly higher than any of the other issues tested. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup