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The VA brags about providing world class health care. I am beginning to wonder. In 2008 I had a stent placed in an anterior artery. I have asked to see a VA Cardiologist for three years and yet even though my PCP puts in a consult the VA Cardiologist will not see me. I have asked to see a urologist and no appointment. They will only check my eyes every two years when they are supposed to do it every year for a diabetic. They keep changing my meds with nothing but a new one showing up and the old not refillable. Forget about seeing a podiatrist either.

The VA is very high handed the way they treat Vets. As with every new Secretary of VA going back to Brown I hoped that things would change but its the same o same o as when I started 21 years ago although I do get a check now and the VA has done some nice things for me.

Yesterday I caught a news show that said a Veteran was committing suicide every 80 minutes. This hits home cause I know that the VA sucks the hope out of Veterans with their constant delays and bad medicine.

My wife has Medicare and ChampVA she can make appointments in less than a week and within 24 hours if emergency. Her prescriptions are filled beofre we can drive to pharmacy. She can see specialists when she wants to or Doc thinks she needs to do that. And even more depressing I already see that when Health Care comes to everyone Veterans will be stuck with VA.

If the VA would let me opt out for taking ChampVA it would make me very happy.

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Pete - I knew you were sorta venting and agree. Sorry about your roofs, or is it rooves! ;-) Ya might try lowering your deductible. I just had a 2' diameter tree land on my roof. Luckily I discovered I only have a $250 deductible. Not much damage but still have the tree there awaiting their adjuster. Stay we[[!

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In Texas they deregulated insurance and now Texas is the highest cost in the nation. I am out 7 grand but my insurance company is out 14, thousand. I will take my chances. They don't even offer 250 dollar deductible here the lowest is 1000

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In Texas they deregulated insurance and now Texas is the highest cost in the nation. I am out 7 grand but my insurance company is out 14, thousand. I will take my chances. They don't even offer 250 dollar deductible here the lowest is 1000

Geez, Pete, at those prices, I might crawl up on the roof, myself, and add a whole bunch of extra nails, just to be sure it didn't happen again!!! jmo ;-)

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Geez, Pete, at those prices, I might crawl up on the roof, myself, and add a whole bunch of extra nails, just to be sure it didn't happen again!!! jmo ;-)

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I am not allowed on roof.

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Guess you're like me, these days, I'll climb as high as I can go, as long as I still have one foot "firmly" on the ground. Balance isn't as good as it was. ;-)

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That is it I am a bit wobbly and no reason to take any chances that is why I let the roofer and claims agent go up together. I figured if I did not really need a roof the claims guy would veto the roofer.

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