Posted on 04/24/2019 9:05:28 PM PDT by conservative98
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hopped back on Twitter Wednesday night — after a few “unplugged” days visiting her “abuela” in Puerto Rico — and immediately called out the president.
Her return came just hours after President Trump posted a tweet saying he agrees with the freshman congresswomen on her claims that the Department of Veterans Affairs “isn’t broken” because, according to him, his administration fixed it.
“Just got back from a few (mostly) unplugged days visiting my abuela in PR, and I see the President is tweeting about me,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Just another day at the office!”
The New York lawmaker added, “I rep one of the strongest concentrations of veterans in NYC. The Bronx VA provides excellent care and community for our vets, who sing its praises. The way to improve VA care & reduce wait times (which can be shorter than priv care!) is by fully funding it – not privatizing it.”
Trump expanded the VA’s private health care options last year when he signed the MISSION Act into effect.
“If the VA can’t meet the needs of the veteran in a timely manner, that veteran will have the right to go right outside to a private doctor,” Trump said at the signing ceremony.
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I think I might like your meme better :)
I really do not understand why these seditious harpies aren’t charged , tried and executed for the public good. I know there are millions of good Americans who’d pay handsomely to see it on Pay per View.
I say bring back the coliseum! Free bread and wine ! enjoy animals tearing up animals and this put on paper view if you cant get tickets to these sold out shows
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Hubby is a Vietnam vet. Has never used the VA. Not once. When we first got married we started the paperwork for a VA loan. Part of his records were sealed so it was gonna be a mess...if we could even get it. We got a conventional loan instead. So he has never used any of his ‘benefits’ from serving.
TriCare is the vehicle that allows all us veterans to jump as far away from the VA as we can and get medical treatment from civilians on the tax payers dime. (minus the 20+ years of ignoring all the pain and injury while serving our country). Retired military veterans are a product of the US single payer medical system and guess what? They have no inclination of seeing any of us get any better just like the Drs in the VA. If you aint spurting blood or have a bone stick out somewhere, just make sure we have your ID info and we will get right on your case after the non-paying illegals are seen to first.
Get a decent job after you get out and have no “major” outstanding issues and move far away from a VA center and you will be ineligible for coverage at the VA. I make too much money to be seen there as well so its back to the public waiting line.
If I ever get a stupid bitch like this representing me, I will have been tasked with a new mission in life.
Don’t they have internet in Puerto Rico?
Good one - needs party affiliation
I did use the education money. It was not very much, ceertainly nothing like my father got that put him through USC.
They have a new concept called a fully developed claim. I did that and took a few months to get approved for a claim regarding my damaged hearing. I think it was if it’s approved they retro pay you 2 years back from the time you put in your claim. So ask a VA rep about the “ developed claim” concept.
The biggest problem with social media - in times past the most ignorant, vile and stupid among us (like this twit) did not have a way to make their voices heard. Now they do. And it ain’t pretty.
if it’s a service-related condition, the care is free; if it’s not, income is means-tested to set the copay level. Tricare is a perk offered to 20+yractive vets. Many vets take jobs after service, so they usually have like a family plan ins. through their employer. But some aren’t so lucky in life, age out, or can’t afford the premiums. The VA has copays but it’s a fraction of private care charges. And it’s better care than medicare pays for with no donut-holes like medicare has. For life-and-death emergencies (heart attack/stroke/etc), folks can go to any ER and the VA will cover. For bandaids and sore throats, there are VA clinics. Since the govt owns the buildings, equipment and controls costs, it’s cheaper than contracting everything out to private hospitals. Check out the “inpatient copays” at the link below and you’ll see the means-tested avg. co-pay cost to a vet for hospital stay and think about what just one night in a private hospital costs:
https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/cost/copays.asp
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