I understand your perspective and I have a lot of sympathy, but we have the same problem with so-called normal civilians and people who are not veterans. In every hospital in Canada there are beds that are full and unbelievably long waiting lists. Your solution will create another more severe problem: we will have to say that there are three or 10 or 20 beds in a hospital that can't be touched in case a veteran comes in. The idea is perfect, but how can it be applied? That's the problem.
On March 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.