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Va Hospitals Make "5 Worst Government Services List"

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According to Fox News, VA Hospitals make the "5 Worst Government Services" list.

This is not news to Veterans, I personally think that the VA is over rated. For example, Professor Linda Bilmes has suggested the VA improve by adopting the IRS "Pay it Now" method to Veterans claims.

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http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4254372/the-nations-five-worst-government-services/?playlist_id=87089

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At my VAMC some jerk put in a address change for me and sent all my medications on a trip to Maine. I found out today when I did not get my pain meds. I called those worthless SOB's and they told me I had come in person and changed my address. Right, I live in Florida for the past 35 years and suddenly I want my oxycodone sent to Maine. I was so frustrated I did not know to weep or bite someone's neck. I spend 5 hours trying to get it fixed and get some meds. The VA gave me a ten day supply while my 30 day script makes a round trip all around the USA. I am going to get out of that pain clinic. If my PCP won't fill it for me I will just have to do something else. The pain clinic people are animals.

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And some people on this board wonder why I scared out of my mind to go near a VA facility.

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I would be very cautious about being an in-patient at the VA or letting them do procedures on you if you have alternatives. I had a few bad experiences where I was on the ward and the VA doctors would not treat my pain. I called my wife to get me out and bring the POA just in case. Three days without sleep due to being admitted on Friday and not seeing a doctor until late Monday.

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John, ask the VA for a ticket to Maine so that you can go get your meds....I sure hope this doesn't happen to other Vets....

I don't know how the VA can be in the top 5 worst services and claim best world class medical attention.

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Excerpt from the 'Declaration of Independence'

 

We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity

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You know the VA was hinting around that I was trying to scam them on the drugs. They must believe I think it is worth it to send drugs to Maine and then fly up on my own dime to collect and rush back to Tampa. They lie to my face and to my congresswoman about reducing my pain meds claiming they increased them due to my severe pain. What are you going to do with people who just don't give a damn. The longer I use the system the more abused I feel. I get what I need and want in the end, but the aggravation! Some psychotic is going to blow up the pharmacy one day.

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