Your little graph is very colorful.
But it don't do squat for me.
If I didn't have the VA I'd be paying for my own health insurance right now (about $800/mo). In other words, I'd be busting my butt in some sweatshop grind at minimum wage just to pay for insurance (If I could even find any, at my age, with my pre-existing conditions!) instead of enjoying the well-deserved retirement I am so entitled to. No thanks. I'd much rather have some Republican working his fat ass off and paying taxes for me. He can afford it.
Now THAT's power.