Allan/others - Question Re Healthcare Reform

[tssnave]

Allan (I tried to send you a PM but yours is turned off - please reply in the open forum - thanks),

I read your closed for comment thread on the House healthcare reform and how veterans would be able to choose the new plan:

http://www.hadit.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=32467

However, an earlier post on VAWatchdog.org states otherwise:

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfnov09/nf110909-1.htm

Could you please tell me how I could easily find out what information is right? I am not a very savvy computer researcher which is why I have to depend on trusted sites like VAwatchdog.org and hadit. When my two vet sites are in contridiction with one another, I get confused and am not sure which one is correct or if one supercedes the other and worse, I am uncertain how to find out the answer to the contridiction.

Please help.

Thanks,

TS Snave

Edited November 19, 2009 by tssnave

[allan]

TS,

thanks for letting me know my messenger was turned off. I corrected that.

These two links that were in my post may help clear it up.

Read more at American Chronicle

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/128734

http://www.veteranstoday.com/article9390.html

Like VA Watchdog.org, Veterans today also reports information on VA Health care. As well as colonel Dan, Military.com.

There is sometimes conflicting information & hadit.com is a good place to see this since there are so many sources.

I personally couldn't say which is more accurate since these bills are changing daily as they go through congressional committees.

Checking the original sources may clear it up, but it could have all changed since I posted this.

I asked that the post be closed for comment in order to keep the political roar down to a whisper.

My IM is working again if anyone needs to use it.

Allan

[tssnave]

Allan,

Thanks for the info. I googled Sec 302(d) and somehow got to the Dept of Energy and saw the same Myths/Facts sheet and it was also on some politicians' webpages. I also understand that nothing is said and done at this point, I was trying to see how the wind is blowing.

I understand about not wanting to get into a political debate, I am right there with you. My hope is that with the caregivers bill looking to include older vets that there is a more vet friendly attitude prevailing right now. I was working my claim when the young vets went to the front of the claims line which I thought was a dangerous way to make it look like things were getting better for veterans when they aren't for the majority of vets who are, like me, older.

I would like to see the final bill allow all veterans to be able to use VA if they want to and have it count as credible coverage as well as allow us to NOT use VA if they don't want to and buy whatever health insurance any other American can buy. For that matter, if a vet wants to use both VA and private insurance (which a lot of vets do now) I would like to see that option remain for us as well. I just get bogged down trying to understand who's on first and who's on second at this point in the healthcare reform debate.

Thanks, as always, for posting links to other vet sites that you trust. I appreciate it a lot.

Thanks,

TS