[Howie]

[SargeK]

The 1973 St. Louis personnel center fire wiped out records for millions of veterans, and the gov’t. has used this as an excuse to deny benefits for them ever since.

That is why I have kept every LES and set of orders that I ever earned or received.

[Secret Agent Man]

For the whole series of

Zero dollar bills, go here:

"Flickr Archive of Zero Bills"

[Republic of Texas]

The labyrinth of forms and busy work ARE THE POINT. The government figures most people won’t jump through all the hoops and will simply die before they have to pay a penny.

[Paradox]

Actually, the VA HEalthcare system isn't too bad, it is FAR better than it was in the old days. Clinton and GWB did alot to fix things up. Its fairly high ranked, but what these rankings DONT tell you is that unlike a "real" hospital system, they have a controlled population, and they can't get "sued" for big money.

I Can't emphasize enough the difference in patient population. One thing is taking care of former soldiers, buts its another thing altogether taking care of everyone else plus the dregs off the street.

Nope, I say that no matter how "good" VA care might come across in some surveys (despite this article), you can't use that to make a comparison with general government healthcare.