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VA drops plans to cover surgery for transgender vets
The Hill ^ | 11/16/2016 | REBECCA KHEEL

Posted on 11/16/2016 5:45:28 PM PST by MaxistheBest

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To: BluegrassCardinal

“It’s complete BS”

It’s a real shame that these people get away with it..these are our vets...we owe them employees that will do the job right and make their lives better.


21 posted on 11/16/2016 6:19:38 PM PST by MaxistheBest
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To: BluegrassCardinal

That is what I fear. Businessman Trump thinks he is going to be able to fire governmental employees but it is not so simple.

I hope he masterminds a solution to the Union problem. The people who are still employed by the VA after their scandalous behavior is shocking.


22 posted on 11/16/2016 6:19:50 PM PST by RummyChick (Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
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To: BluegrassCardinal

I get my medical care through my local VA here in Wisconsin. The care I have gotten to date has been nothing less than professional and top-notch.

You. People. ROCK!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! :)


23 posted on 11/16/2016 6:23:10 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: MaxistheBest

Sounds like the VA was waiting until the election results. Now they know they don’t have to cowtow to Obama/Clinton agenda


24 posted on 11/16/2016 6:24:01 PM PST by reaganaut (I'm looking forward to Trump as President. I'm an Evangelical and I vote.)
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To: RummyChick

There’s a joke that goes around, that the VA is the only place that that will screwup employees and elevate them to cake jobs. Most of the folks I work with are darn good people and provide great care to our veterans. They really do. And, I work for a great manager who believes in our mission and is great leader of people, but is hamstrung by the do nothing union.


25 posted on 11/16/2016 6:28:06 PM PST by BluegrassCardinal
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To: Jet Jaguar
we have the technology...

26 posted on 11/16/2016 6:31:28 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: MaxistheBest
Oh NOOOO!

27 posted on 11/16/2016 6:32:08 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: BluegrassCardinal

I have had good experience with VA MHICAM for a relative..but the horror stories of those that keep their jobs after horrendous behavior just shock me.


28 posted on 11/16/2016 6:33:17 PM PST by RummyChick (Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
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To: MaxistheBest

The “reality show host” is now organizing his teams, and some of them are called: “No More Nonsense”, “The Ass Kickers”, and “Get The ‘F’ Out Of Our Way”, “Making America Great Again”.


29 posted on 11/16/2016 6:34:31 PM PST by adorno (w)
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To: tomkat

Please Trump slow down. We are winning too much. NOT!! Keep winning please.


30 posted on 11/16/2016 6:35:43 PM PST by Tamatoa (Fight for our America, Fight for our Country I fought to defend!!!)
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To: MaxistheBest

Get back to providing the best health care for vets and forget about wasting time and money on cosmetics for a few mentally disturbed patients.


31 posted on 11/16/2016 6:36:15 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s my pleasure. I’m a veteran of the US Army myself, and have nothing but the utmost respect for veterans. Take comfort in knowing that the overwhelming majority of folk I work with in the VA are great people and have respect and admiration for vets.

I’ve had some awesome experiences with veterans, including taking care of an older (90 plus) gentlemen who was shot down over Germany in 1944. Hearing him talk about being marched around to different POW camps and how the German guards would pilfer through their Red cross packages, and the thin soup they would eat as food supplies worsened was incredible.


32 posted on 11/16/2016 6:36:34 PM PST by BluegrassCardinal
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To: BluegrassCardinal

Thank you. My son deals with the V.A. on a regular basis and is dumbstruck by the common attitude of disrespect toward veterans in even common interactions.

I know the union has made it impossible for many of the good people at the V.A. to accomplish their tasks. The red tape is mindboggling. The frustration level of my son and thousands like him is horrible to see and they are powerless.


33 posted on 11/16/2016 6:38:21 PM PST by SE Mom (proud Screaming Eagle Mom)
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To: MaxistheBest

THANK GOD


34 posted on 11/16/2016 6:39:36 PM PST by Persevero (NUTS)
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To: BluegrassCardinal

” Most of the folks I work with are darn good people and provide great care to our veterans.”

During the Vietnam War I use to take my dog into visit the vets in the VA that backed up to our yard in W. Roxbury, MA...the place was a busy center for back and limb injuries...lots of Hueys came in over our roof...inspiring was the word for what they did!


35 posted on 11/16/2016 6:39:47 PM PST by MaxistheBest
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To: tomkat

“Anyone tired of winning yet ? ?”

No tomkat but I am feeling quite delirious.


36 posted on 11/16/2016 6:40:13 PM PST by Persevero (NUTS)
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To: Persevero; Tamatoa
Ain't it great ? !

Even with all the seditious bastards runnin' wild, ya almost don't mind checking the day's headlines anymore !

37 posted on 11/16/2016 6:45:16 PM PST by tomkat
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To: SE Mom

The union keeps worthless floaters on the government payroll. The overwhelming majority of us want to make a difference and give these guys/women the treatment they deserve. However, there are abusers in the system, and even the best in management cannot do a damn thing about them. Some of these people, and believe me, they are the tiny minority, manage to affect morale and would not survive a week in the private sector.


38 posted on 11/16/2016 6:45:22 PM PST by BluegrassCardinal
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To: BlueLancer
I saw that. The battlefield is no place for social experiments.
39 posted on 11/16/2016 6:48:19 PM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: MaxistheBest

Thank you for what you did. My understanding is that Veterans Administration (that’s what it was called then), was horribly underfunded and facilities were archaic.

Reagan created a federal department and increased funding. Some of the current VA facilities are second to none. Some, including the replacement facilities in Denver and Louisville are taking forever to happen. Typical government-hurry up and wait.


40 posted on 11/16/2016 6:49:53 PM PST by BluegrassCardinal
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