Today Jeb Bush is rolling out his plan to partially privatize the VA during a town hall organized by the chief advocates for VA privatization — the Koch brothers’ “veterans” group, Concerned Veterans for America.

Jeb’s claiming he wants to be the “most veteran-friendly” candidate but Jeb and the Kochs’ plan for partially privatizing the VA does just the opposite of helping veterans. Even worse, Bloomberg reports that the Koch/Jeb plan for the VA wouldn’t benefit vets, but big insurance companies — including Jeb’s former employer that payed him millions. 

As revealed in a Bridge Project and VoteVets.Org report, “The Vets Group That Fights Against Veterans,” CVA promotes extreme, right-wing polices that stand in opposition to nearly every other veterans group. From pushing a plan to privatize the VA health care system to proposing a transition from the current military retirement system to a private 401(k)-like plan, CVA follows the radical conservatism of the Koch brothers, working to advance the billionaires’ self-interest at the expense of veterans.​

As Jeb follows Marco Rubio in participating in a CVA town hall, Bridge project will continue to work with partners to hold CVA and the Koch brothers accountable as Jeb, Rubio, Scott Walker, and the rest of the GOP field audition for a piece of the $900 million the Kochs plan to spend propping up Republican candidates who support their agenda and trying to buy the White House.

Read “The Vets Group That Fights Against Veterans” here: