Tapscott: Casualty of VA Scandal Could Be Obamacare

"...it was all but impossible in 2014 to talk about Memorial Day without also talking about the VA scandal," writes Mark Tapscott. "There is simply no reconciling the contrast between the nation's love and respect for its veterans the the bureaucratic incompetence and abuse being inflicted on them by their government-run health care system."

Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate, may have best captured the dilemma posed by the VA scandal for President Obama and congressional Democrats.

During an interview on Fox News over the weekend, Carson laid it out on these terms:

"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.

"And if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out."

Concludes Tapscott, "...no matter how Congress ultimately fixes VA, one thing seems all but certain — the biggest casualty of the VA scandal will be Obamacare."