Whose is eligible for VA health benefits and why would anyone who is want them?
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To: yetidog: Hundreds of thousands of Vets who have no Health Insurance or have Medicare and prefer the VA. I’ve saved hundreds of thousands of dollars using the VA for free medical care and prescriptions. I had my first arteriogram of my heart at a private hospital. I had my second one 7 years later at the VA Hospital in Houston. I’m telling you, the VA was State-of-the-Art; made the private hospital look like M.A.S.H. If I have a 10:00 a.m. appointment, I’m in at 10:00 a.m. or 5 minutes before. That won’t happen in your private doctor’s office. You’ll be called back 1 hour after your appointment time and sit back there for 30 more minutes before your “very busy” doc comes in for 5 minutes and charges your insurance $2,000 for a 5 minute visit.
You need to get some info before you ask a dumb a** question; Bucko!
I asked about eligibility, not a review of individual care at a VA hospital, bucko.
My experience with the VA is 180-out from yours.
Awful people, uncaring, rude, don’t see you as human.
I had an unknown ailment that was killing me. . . painfully (turned out to be MRSA), but yet they moved me into a room with three other guys and taped a sign on the door saying medical staff have to “mask up” when entering because of what I had. . .but yet it was OK for the other three guys in the room
My arm flopped put one night and I actually touched the bed next to me. We were that close. Air conditioning was on/off — basically broke. Stuffy room. Three other guys with one guy moaning all the time (he died), other guy crying and the other guy was deaf and had his BIG square color-washed-out non-cable staticy TV over his bed turned all the way up. . oh yeah, nice place to be treated. No internet access for doing work, not sanitary—gnats and fungus and gauze bandages in the shower down the hall, bathroom down the hall, food was what they literally plopped down in front of you (no choice), and it was classic tastless mush. . too include a dinner that had turned bad and smelled terribly. If they were a private hospital they would have been out of business in a heart-beat.
I was released and then they called me that very evening wanting me back for a 14-day in hospital treatment plan—they verified I had MRSA.
I verified I wasn’t contagious and refused and got on the first jet in the morning and flew to Texas where I immediately checked into a very nice private hospital (http://www.texashealthflowermound.com/). Private room, nice flatscreen TV with cable, cool, airy, clean room, attentive staff, friendly nurses, docs that actually talked with you, heck, even the guy that came to my room carrying a full menu to take my order for the day was nice. Food was great (didn’t get a choice in the VA in Long Beach). Free internet access so I could work while in bed. 9-day stay. Didn’t want to leave was treated so well.
My private hospital was outstanding.
I did write a VA IG complaint and specifically mentioned the systemic failures at the hospital and specifically requested an outside investigation. IG had the hospital director investigate herself. . .amazing, she found all my complaints groundless.
I go to the VA in Reno and I fully agree with your statement.
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I like my free glasses, hearing ads, and at a time that all are concerned with the rising cost of ObamaCare, my healthcare is free.
” I’ve saved hundreds of thousands of dollars using the VA for free medical care and prescriptions.”
You’re full of crap. No one in private medical pays that much out of pocket. You sound like one of those liberals that claim only government can do health care because private health care sucks.