Here Is A Great One For All Vets!

[rpowell01]

I have been wondering why the VA has denied me fee base for privately Neurosurgeon whenever Bay Pines does not have a Neurosurgeon. My Primary CBOC Doctor requested this and Bay Pines denied it. I found all this out yesterday which happened to be the day I was going to get a new Tru-scan MRI but was turned away because I just had gallbladder surgery 4 weeks ago and I have a couple of those clips inside of me. They said it has to be at least 8 weeks. I am grateful I told them of the surgery or I would probably be a dead man today. Well I was at work and transported a Resident to the hospital for a MRI. The MRI Tech there has been somebody I have come to known for a few months now and he has given me a lot of information. Well I asked him about the clips and he told me exactly why I have to wait on the MRI. Then I asked him how come the VA does not have a Tru-scan MRI and his reply was simple. He told me that his wife works in Ft Myers for the VA and Bay Pines is insisting they receive a MICROWAVE that Bay Pines purchased. You are asking yourself well what does that have to do with me asking why the VA doesn't have a Tru-scan MRI. He put it in very simple words to me but what he told me I didn't expect. I thought he would say well something to the affect "Well the Tru-scan MRI and the Recumbent MRI...... blah, blah, blah". But I didn't hear that.

Get this, he said they don't have one because that MICROWAVE, yes the one's that heats up food and the one Bay Pines is insisting Ft Myers VA to receive, has cost the VA $15,000. Now, please somebody tell me what MICROWAVE cost fifteen freaking grand!!!!!!! Is this microwave space age and I tell it to make me food and it produces what I requested. Yesterday I talked with JBasser and I was upset whenever I found out the VA declined my Primary CBOC request for me to have fee bases to be treated by a private Neurosurgeon. So how do you think I felt today whenever I found out that this same freaking VA that denied the request has purchased a MICROWAVE for $15,000 for a facility in Ft Myers that says they do not want it but Bay Pines is insisting they receive it? Put yourself in my shoes for one moment. I have done everything ask by the VA plus some on my own, spending thousands upon thousands of dollars of my own $$$ to find out exactly the problem that is going on with my cervical spine. To hear about this microwave really disturbs me and people wonder why the VETERANS are committing suicide on a daily basis or having so many issues with the VA. No, I will not go out that route. But, I am very "hot" right now and I feel that I will go off the deep end on any VA person I talk with right now.

Guess it is time to rock the boat, call the VA ADVOCACY or a few State Representatives. If they don't do nothing, then I think calling the media will be a good option because I think they will eat this one up......

Advice is requested.....

[Vync]

I heard that $15,000 microwaves and $500 hammers help fund the CIA. Either that or someone is getting a hell of a kickback!

[rpowell01]

My new slogan, "I don't care anymore because the VA quit caring first"...You think I could make $15,000 from that? Heck, maybe the VA will purchase that slogan from me for $15,000.

Yea, I heard about those $500 hammers, gold tips and platinum handles......

I just hope Senator Rubio or one of his reps does something about my request/email I sent him.

[brokensoldier244th]

You are assuming that this guy's wife does something within in the VA that would make her a credible source of information about how much their procurements cost, and their budget. Maybe she does, but right now, you have a story from a guy, from his wife, from someone in the HR office, that heard it from a delivery guy that works with another guy that delivers microwaves that heard from someone......

it sucks that they won't pay for fee basis, but you are kind of going out on a limb here.

[broncovet]

You are going to need some documentation, names, dates, etc. to give it to the media. They wont do a story on hearsay.

[Commander Bob]

Get this, he said they don't have one because that MICROWAVE, yes the one's that heats up food and the one Bay Pines is insisting Ft Myers VA to receive, has cost the VA $15,000. Now, please somebody tell me what MICROWAVE cost fifteen freaking grand!!!!!!! Is this microwave space age and I tell it to make me food and it produces what I requested. Yesterday I talked with JBasser and I was upset whenever I found out the VA declined my Primary CBOC request for me to have fee bases to be treated by a private Neurosurgeon. So how do you think I felt today whenever I found out that this same freaking VA that denied the request has purchased a MICROWAVE for $15,000 for a facility in Ft Myers that says they do not want it but Bay Pines is insisting they receive it? Put yourself in my shoes for one moment. I have done everything ask by the VA plus some on my own, spending thousands upon thousands of dollars of my own $$$ to find out exactly the problem that is going on with my cervical spine. To hear about this microwave really disturbs me and people wonder why the VETERANS are committing suicide on a daily basis or having so many issues with the VA. No, I will not go out that route. But, I am very "hot" right now and I feel that I will go off the deep end on any VA person I talk with right now.

Guess it is time to rock the boat, call the VA ADVOCACY or a few State Representatives. If they don't do nothing, then I think calling the media will be a good option because I think they will eat this one up......

Advice is requested.....

You need a second VAMC opinion re: that MICROWAVE story ...

Edited June 3, 2011 by Commander Bob

[Mama Bear]

And if it is a bill that was saw it may have been $15000 for hundreds of microwaves for many different offices or regions. I don't know just a thought.