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VANITY: Are VA hospitals run by civilians?
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| 5/25/14
Posted on 05/25/2014 6:51:02 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:52:25 PM PDT
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SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Yes, they are run by civilians employed by the Veterans Administration.
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:52:38 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:53:04 PM PDT
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SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Hey, Silvie, I swear I haven’t seen you around in ages! How’s things?
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:53:21 PM PDT
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Viking2002
(Liberals - destroyers of both men and civilizations. The Fourth Turning Cometh.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Yes, everything within the Department of Veterans Affairs is civilian. They are sometimes confused with the Army, Air Force sand Navy hospitals, which are mostly military.
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:53:23 PM PDT
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2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thanks so much, 2DV — I will let her know!
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:54:07 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
The Director at my VA (Lebanon, PA) is a civilian and IMHO a career politician brown nose.
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:54:44 PM PDT
by
airborne
(My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
It was changed to the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, a cabinet-level agency, during the Reagan administration.
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:54:46 PM PDT
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2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Viking2002
I’ve been around — I’m now stuck with being the temporary admin. for the Michael Savage Radio Show thread....
Best!
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:55:29 PM PDT
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SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Yes. VA hospitals are run by civil service employees of the Veterans Administration, not by military personnel, and not by employees of the Department of Defense. The DoD has its own medical facilities, which ... vary in their quality.
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:56:16 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(You say I'm insane ... I say you're afraid.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
05/25/2014 6:59:48 PM PDT
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Ben Mugged
(The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
“Civil” servants. Gov’t contract employees, I believe.
(I see you have the answers already0
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:13:40 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:19:13 PM PDT
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blueplum
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
They advertise for medical professionals on tv. They push the benefits of being licensed to practice in all states when they work in VA facilities
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:19:21 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: blueplum
Are they prone to be more incompetent because they’re unionized?
(Need comeback answers to confront my friend...)
Thanks!
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:26:13 PM PDT
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SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: dynachrome; All
Thanks to all for your answers!
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:26:45 PM PDT
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SilvieWaldorfMD
(A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Are they prone to be more incompetent because they’re unionized?My wife, a dialysis RN, just got on with the VA in November. She was offered a union membership, but she declined. Thank goodness we live in a Right to Work state.
She sees not incompetance so much, but plenty of waste, and most of all, wasted time. No where close to the efficiency of a non-government outfit.
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:40:11 PM PDT
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Wingy
To: Wingy
M.D.’s start out as GS-9’s, no? That’s low compared to what an M.D. in the private sector can make.
My sense is that VA attracts lower-skill M.D.’s because of the low pay.
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
05/25/2014 7:48:59 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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