Such facilities as VA nursing homes need to be shuttered and put into private care along with VA hospitals. Private facilities usually in about 95% of the cases take state funding. That means they face state inspections regularly from which the vet will also benefit from.
My post Navy job was maintenance mechanic in nursing homes. We did have a few VA patients and they received quality care because of the facility taking in all patients. There is no logical reason why a vet with service related disabilities or military retirement can not get the same treatment as those with private insurance. It would be far cheaper to go this route and healthier for the vets.
In the age of instant access records there is no reason it should take months or years to process a disability claim either. Yet if you go into many unit or ship web sites there are vets still trying to locate their former commanding officer to get verification of events that happened well 30 years ago.
“In the age of instant access records there is no reason it should take months or years to process a disability claim ...”
Snipe,
I don’t know if you’re aware, but the only ‘instant access records’ are in the VA computer....no other system, including Medicare has ‘complete’ patient records on computer. Most HMO’s PPO’s, etc are still ‘pure paper’ record folders....you can get your file in a couple weeks to a month at $1/page....that and a dime will get a guffaw at the VA...I know, been there, done that got the t-shirt. Gonna take decades for Cigna and UNHealth to catch the VA...we’ll be dead and buried. Welcome to the VA, best healthcare available to veterans on the planet! We deserve nothing less! Sure hope your VA facility opens up for you, really I do. Your service to your country deserves the best, and I’ve found that most of the professionals I’ve talked to in the VA respect that immensely. Most are not there ‘for a job’. they’re there because they care deeply...and they’ve got the highest percentage of veterans serving veterans anywhere.
Snipe,
” Private facilities usually in about 95% of the cases take state funding.”
I don’t know where you live, but where I live ‘private facilities’ are available for $3,000-6,000/month. Gonna drain most peoples bank accts really fast...I for one don’t ever hope to go to one. I kinda hope I don’t see the inside of a VA nursing home either, but at least it’s available as an option for my kids when my altzheimers gives them the clue I don’t care!.