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Virginia 11th Best for Veteran Retirees

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James A. Bacon
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3 responses to “Virginia 11th Best for Veteran Retirees”

  1. Rowinguy Avatar
    Rowinguy

    I looked at the methodology and it’s hard for me to discern why the health care ranking was so low, other than we may have lots of veterans and few VA hospitals. But, so what? California ranked very high for # of VA facilities per 10,000 vets, but also #2 for most homeless vets.

    I guess my point is that there doesn’t appear to be a great deal of nuance in evaluating the raw data.

  2. slowlane Avatar
    slowlane

    The “number of V.A. facilities per population” may be meaningless, since many Virginia vets get treated at the VA medical centers in Washington D.C. and in Martinsburg (W.Va. panhandle) which are both virtually on the Virginia state line, but are technically not counted as Virginia facilities…. Some vets in far S.W. Va. are also treated at V.A. hospitals in nearby TN and WV which are quite close to them, although not counted in the equation as “Virginia” facilities.

    1. James A. Bacon Avatar
      James A. Bacon

      Makes total sense.

      I find WalletHub interesting because it raises questions and prompts us to dig into the statistics. But you always have to take their rankings with a grain of salt because their high-altitude overview overlooks the kind of details that you pointed out here.

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