Why the Veterans Death Toll will keep rising?

Did you know that the national collegiate debate subject of 1960 was healthcare in America? I remember it well since I was a member of my university's team that year. That is why I have been aware that the debate raged in state houses as well as Washington in all the years since. Actually, it had been raging even before 1960. Long before Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed discovered it, better minds were wrestling with the problem. Sadly, those in a position to influence the outcome were rarely those best prepared to deal with it. For example, Hillary Clinton approached it as a lawyer might. She gathered panels of lawyers across the nation to craft a solution. It became known as "Hillarycare" and failed to be enacted. Then came Pelosi and Reed who approached it as a political issue. Sadly, they succeeded through legislative legerdemain to enact a solution that dealt with everything but the real problem (paying for healthcare) and exacerbated the things that weren't previously problematic. Even worse, they sucked the life out of other health care delivery systems including the VA. There are just so many resources: Health care providers and health care facilities. The Affordable Care Act has had the effect of diminishing both and the cost of healthcare to all Americans is rising while availability is suffering. Thus, you can't divorce the problems of veterans healthcare from national healthcare problems. We desperately need to scrap the ACA and start over, and involve healthcare professionals in crafting a real solution that works for everyone.

COL Mikel J. Burroughs This statement says it all, "First, he said, “We’ve terminated over 140,000” in the past year. What? That would be nearly half the VA workforce. An incredulous Sen. Johnny Isakson, head of the Senate Committee of Veterans Affairs, asked, “But isn’t it true that it’s almost impossible for you to fire somebody under current law?”
McDonald squirmed and said, “That actual number fired is 1,800.” A few minutes later, he stammered, “I mean 1,400.”
IMO people just give up after a while.

Well to honest one of the main reasons the death toll keeps rising is that we are aging COL Mikel J. Burroughs and that many of us are dealing with health issues directly related to our military service.
Since WWII and Korean War veterans are counted among the veterans and many die each day, I do not expect the veterans death toll to drop until all of the WWII and Korean War veterans have died on gone on to meet their Maker.
No matter who is change of the VA, all they can do is improve administration, care, and treatment of veterans which could reduce the number of veterans who die from complication experienced during medical treatment