Allow me to add that the Medicaid and VA systems (unlike Medicare) are single payer schemes. At least with Medicaid, one can see a doctor of one's choosing, if the doctor will in fact take Medicaid patients. With the VA system, the doctors are employees of the VA and the facilities are owned by the VA.
A person in one of these programs is not able to purchase supplemental insurance or pay out-of-pocket for a better grade of care.
“A person in one of these programs is not able to purchase supplemental insurance or pay out-of-pocket for a better grade of care. “
I don’t understand your comment regarding the VA. Just because a person is a veteran, he is not forced to use the VA.
You can use the VA for service-connected if you want to, and go someplace else for other medical care. You can have other insurance and not go to the VA at all. You can pay out-of-pocket for better care somewhere else.