Keeping Va Hospitals Open On The Backs Of Veterans

[john999]

The care I have gotten via Fee Base from the VA has been so poor I use my own dentists, podiatrists, eye doctors etc. I just use the VA for med checks and to show up to show them I am still alive and still disabled and taking pills like a good boy. I agree with Jbasser that all outpatient stuff should be sent to private sector doctors so we don't have to miles and miles to blood work. It is dumb and expensive to operate a health care system the way the VA does it. It is more about providing jobs for VA employees than for helping vets. The VA shafts most private doctors by low reimbursement rates. My dentist won't sign up due to not being reimbursed fully for doing work. This is an underhand way to throw a monkey wrench into the effort to let vets go to their own doctors.

John

[georgiapapa]

I agree with jbasser and John. Shut the VAMCs down and use the money to give veterans full access to the private healthcare system.

GP