Right to try and saving lives

Dr. James D. Veltmeyer

Special to Village News

Although it has drawn far less public attention than the battle over illegal immigration, trade wars, North Korea or Supreme Court appointments, the Trump administration is quietly initiating a revolution in health care. The administration’s more decentralized approach to this issue will result in better care at lower costs and many more lives saved.

The reforms at Department of Veterans Affairs are one example. Veterans are now being given a choice in doctors, allowing them to escape the inefficient bureaucracy to receive care from private physic...