Wounded Georgia vet gets help nearly a decade after he was shot in the face

Fox 5 Atlanta ^ | Apr 13 2016 12:11PM EDT | Beth Galvin

[suthener]

CANTON, Ga. - Dusty Kirby is so ready for this next big step his life. "It's a long time coming,” Kirby says. "I would push a button right now and make it happen, if I could."

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Yep, it’s the same system that approves health care benefits to 100% of the Dreamer kids and extends obummer care to every invader in the state of california.

[HotHunt]

Well then, I call bulls*t.

My barber (retired Navy) and my wife (retired Air Force) both DO NOT qualify for ANY VA care, free or otherwise, because they make too much money.

I receive VA care with a co-pay for prescriptions and visits. But if my income was any higher, they would cut me off as well.

And saying you "don't believe dental care is provided at all" is not fact. It is your belief. Dental care is provided for some combat vets with service-connected disabilities. I have two friends who get their dental work done at the VA.

VA Dental Benefits

So get your facts straight.

[oh8eleven]

My barber (retired Navy) and my wife (retired Air Force) both DO NOT qualify for ANY VA care, free or otherwise, because they make too much money.
If they're retired, don't they have a separate h/c plan?
My family income is WELL above the VA max ($41.7k) yet I still qualified for Group 8 with co-pay.
Nowhere can I find a disclaimer that says a vet can't get health care as long as they agree to a co-pay.
Your link to dental benefits was broken.

[blueunicorn6]

I don’t know.

He’s dead, so I can’t ask him.

After he died, I had to settle his estate.

He wasn’t making much money. He had social security and a small pension from his civilian job.

It wasn’t enough for the VA to worry about.

He led patrols forward of the friendly lines in the Korean War.

I suspect he felt that the VA owed him a blood test.

[HotHunt]

My wife and I were both receiving VA healthcare after we retired in 2011. After the VA ran their annual means testing audit of eligibility in 2013, my wife received a letter telling her that their original assessment that she was eligible for VA care was made in error because her income exceeded the maximum income allowed to receive care and that she was no longer qualified. We protested their decision but the denial remained. My own letter said I remained eligible for Group 8 with co-pays. My wife went on Medicare when she turned 65 after going a year without medical coverage after receiving the denial letter. She has no other healthcare plan.

So unless you are calling me a liar or want to see a copy of the letter denying her VA benefits, stop trying to tell me what I am saying is not true. It is as I relate it.

VA Dental Benefits

[oh8eleven]

So unless you are calling me a liar ...
Never did ... this ain't a pi$$ing contest ... just trying to figure how this could happen. I just don't see how a vet can't qualify for Group 8 w/ co-pay.
The dental plan looks like it's quite restrictive - as I thought.

[HotHunt]

Well, you made it one by challenging every point I've made. What did you expect me to do, just lay down and play dead just because you said what I was claiming wasn't so?

You can spend all the time you want trying to figure out what happen but my wife and I have moved on from this issue in 2013 but let me give you a clue. There are also income limits, varying with the number of dependents, for Group 8 co-pays as well.

Annual Income Limits For VA Benefits

You're original statement about VA dental care was "...I don't believe dental care is covered at all..." when now you're claiming "it's quite restrictive, just as I thought". You're being duplicitous by claiming one thing previously and now claiming something different, all the while acting like you had it right from the start, which you didn't. So who's pissing on who?

Have a good day.