[NewJerseyJoe]

Vets need to get enrolled in the VA healthcare system -- even if they don't intend to use it, even if they make too much money to avail themselves of VA healthcare services...

People enrolled in VA healthcare are exempted from the National Socialist "healthcare" system.

[oh8eleven]

Vets need to get enrolled in the VA healthcare system ...
I'm a vet ('66-'69); never enrolled for H/C, but did get a VA mortgage in the early 70s.
A few weeks ago I received a letter from the VA telling me I was eligible for "7th level" (or something like that) H/C coverage.
I'm 66, on Medicare (I also have an Advantage plan), so I just ignored the letter.
Never thought of it at the time, but this solicitation for a gubmint bennie is no different than the FDA trying to sign up people for food stamps.

[Red_Devil 232]

I think every State should have a Veterans expo at least once a year. My wife is a manager at one of our local Wal-Marts and a Veterans group came by and asked her if they could set up an info booth to provide Veterans info about their benefits and give assistance in signing up for their benefits. Oh Yes you are more than welcome to set up, she told them. And talked with them for a while. She told them her husband was a Vietnam Veteran. They began asking lots of questions about our knowledge of the benefits available. She only knew that I had used my benefits to go to college. She came home asking me a lot of questions. I replied that the only benefit I had signed up for and used was education. So now I am signed up for VA Health.

Every Viet Nam Vet should know that they are eligible for Agent Orange benefits if they suffer from a number of diseases that have been determined to be caused by Agent Orange. Look it up on the web. There are even some bases that were in Thailand, Koera and in other areas even some USN Ships that can make you eligible for Agent Orange benefits. Lists of the bases and ships are on the web.

• In Vietnam anytime between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975, including brief visits ashore or service aboard a ship that operated on the inland waterways of Vietnam
• In or near the Korean demilitarized zone anytime between April 1, 1968 and August 31, 1971

If you fall into either category listed above, you do not have to show that you were exposed to Agent Orange to be eligible for disability compensation for diseases VA presumes are associated with it. Check the list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships that operated in Vietnam to confirm whether your service aboard a ship allows VA to concede you were exposed to Agent Orange..