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8 votes
If UNICOR pays their inmates $1.25/Hour, and STILL can't provide a higher quality and cheaper price for services (office furniture, printing, manufacturing, etc) than an open market competitor, then they need to change the products or services they provide, or to close that particular location.
8 votes
Add Veterans entitled to medical care to the Federal Employee health insurance. This will allow veterans to receive more timely healthcare, and choose their medical providers. VA Hospitals have become incapable of keeping up with Veteran's needs, and are an inefficient way to provide healthcare. This change will empower the veteran to take charge of his/her own healthcare, and allow them to seek out providers that ...more »
Add Veterans entitled to medical care to the Federal Employee health insurance. This will allow veterans to receive more timely healthcare, and choose their medical providers. VA Hospitals have become incapable of keeping up with Veteran's needs, and are an inefficient way to provide healthcare. This change will empower the veteran to take charge of his/her own healthcare, and allow them to seek out providers that can treat them in a timely manner.
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With the exception of Doctors, Pharmacists, convert PHS positions to civil service positions. Many of the positions in non critical areas (medical records, social work, dieticians, etc) are filled with O5 and O6 positions. Also, since the PHS receives all military benefits, make them a deployable asset (now it's voluntary), and subject to relocation based on government needs (harder to fill positions on reservations ...more »
With the exception of Doctors, Pharmacists, convert PHS positions to civil service positions. Many of the positions in non critical areas (medical records, social work, dieticians, etc) are filled with O5 and O6 positions. Also, since the PHS receives all military benefits, make them a deployable asset (now it's voluntary), and subject to relocation based on government needs (harder to fill positions on reservations and remote areas).
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19 votes
FEMA should be replaced by the US Military. The military is uniquely equipped, and quickly deployable with Air Transportable Hospitals, tent cities, doctors, etc, as well as civil engineering, communications, etc. Oversight would be a single General, who can use resources from all branches of service. This would all be accomplished using EXISTING military personnel.
