I'm sorry if you took it that way. I just am questioning how any civilian can get treatment at Bethesda -- even if paid for. It just doesn't work that way. There's something that isn't right here. I don't understand. Military retirees are turned away every day from military treatment facilities (MTFs) because they will treat them on a "space available" basis, but they always claim they have no space available. That's why Tricare was set up -- so that retirees could get treatment from civilian doctors because there was no room at the MTFs.
I just saw on another thread that ABC or its insurance company will pay the bills. If true, they're doing the right thing. No way this should be a taxpayer expense.