Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: babygene

“Why not just issue a card to vets, and just let them use regular hospitals instead of having to wait so long?”

I absolutely agree, and have since the first time I set foot in a VA.

I wrote on a related thread the other day that I rotated through several VA hospitals during training, and back then some of the VA hospitals I was at provided absolutely substandard care (in some instances, it was criminal). It was a combination of the attitudes of ‘guaranteed a job for life’ government employees (receptionists, technicians, nurses, you name it), the ridiculous bureaucratic hurdles involved in ordering tests etc., and that some VA hospitals had their own residency physicians who were almost all foreign medical grads - some of whom were less than committed to the long hours required as a resident back then (many were committed, and good, so I don’t want to paint with too broad a brush).

I have since seen VA hospitals that are run generally very well, with very committed staff, and so find it almost ironic that when VA hospitals were at their worst they were getting a pass, and now that they’ve improved, they’re finally getting the scrutiny they should have gotten long ago.

That said, it is my firm belief that government-run medicine is always going to be less than the US private system, by far. Unfortunately, the private system is now headed in the same direction, thanks to the same government involvement.


37 posted on 05/21/2014 3:27:36 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies ]


To: pieceofthepuzzle

VA hospitals are like any other hospitals: some are quite good, others pretty bad. They all have hospital directors that may prioritize veterans needs above all and others whose priority is redecorating their office and otherwise feathering their own nest. Some employees are poor, while I’ve seen others buy coats for vets out of their own money.


40 posted on 05/21/2014 6:49:24 AM PDT by Help!
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson