Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee unanimously passed reforms, in the wake of the Walter Reed scandal, to improve the ability of wounded soldiers to get needed health care.
CQ Today [1] notes that the bill recognizes that the privatization of key functions has contributed to the problems [2], and includes a "one-year moratorium on hiring private contractors to perform 'Department of Defense functions' at medical facilities".
Hopefully that will stop the bleeding, and give time to restore a system with quality service and accountability.
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[2] http://blog.ourfuture.org/walter_reed_victim_of_underfunding_and_privatization