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Va - Priority Groups Table


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  • HadIt.com Elder

Basically, the priority group does not effect treatment. It's ignored

Even with a priority one or two, you can easily end up waiting for lower priority vets.

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Basically, the priority group does not effect treatment. It's ignored

Even with a priority one or two, you can easily end up waiting for lower priority vets.

Chuck - most likely very true - but this is a way the vet can try to grease the wheel a bit,

at least a tool worth giving a try in a situation if they are having difficulty obtaining

medical care in a timely manner.

jmho

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  • HadIt.com Elder

In reality, These groups are set because just in case of budget cuts and the VA has to stop seeing certain veterans then the Higher groups will have priority to keep their medical care.

J

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By the way you can thank the last President Bush for the priority groups. That was one of his ways of reducing the budget for VA care.

Keep political opinions out of it. That is Hadits rule.

J

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Chuck - most likely very true - but this is a way the vet can try to grease the wheel a bit,

at least a tool worth giving a try in a situation if they are having difficulty obtaining

medical care in a timely manner.

jmho

Basically, favoring one priority group over another seems to be considered at the edge of malpractice by the VA people.

That aside, triage is supposedly the determining factor, along with first come first served, and available internal resources.

In the past, fee paid service was difficult to obtain via my local VAMC. Since the director recently retired/got fired, things may change.

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