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Sorry to hear about your dad. I've been happy with the care I get at Fort Harrison but most of what I have gotten has been out of Salt Lake and Denver. I have noticed in the past few years that more and more of the younger guys coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan are in the system. I have been using the VA less for procedures I can just pay for, as I figure the younger guys need the care more than me. I certainly never found insurance based systems were any better than the VA if you had a serious illness or accident. Frankly, the best care I have ever received is in hospitals in SE Asia at about 1/20th of the cost in the United States.