I am prohibited by law from maintaining gainful employment http://www.benefits.va.gov/compensation/claims-special-individual_unemployability.asp On Jun 1, 2014 5:07 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote:
> > Bullshit Tim. You have only been experiencing the VA for a couple of > years. > I first started going to the VA when Clinton was in office. I saw > firsthand > how it nosedived from day one of the Bush Administration and it fell > deep...much like our economy fell deep thanks to him. Not only did Bush > rape the funding for the VA, which would have caused some problems on their > own, with the introduction of 2 wars, he also exponentially increased the > number of people relying on the VA for services. Add to that the rape of > the economy which added even more burden to the VA, I am surprised we get > as > good of a service as we do out of the VA. Quit whining that you are > getting > denied shit because you broke the law. While I disagree with pot being > illegal...if you want to break the law and use it anyway, then that is on > you and you alone. Take responsibility for your own actions. You are not > prohibited by law from maintaining gainful employment. You will lose some > of the free benefits if you reach a certain income level. You are not > being > denied shit. I am also going to call bullshit on being denied medical > care. > You cannot be refused medical care. That is illegal. All veterans are > eligible for care at the VA...you do not have to be rated or disabled. The > scale it based on whether or not you are disabled and sevice connected and > if not, then it is based on income on what you have to pay as far as copays > for visits and prescriptions. > > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 2:02 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: So this is why the GOP is backing off healthcare reform as a > platform... > > > Only eight of those years are thanks to Bush. > > If you don't want the job don't apply for it. We're pretty deep into the > second term to still be blaming the last guy. > > You are taking out your ass about the VA. > > While the health care issues are regional, due to the way the VA is > organized, the problems on the benefits (VBA) side are equally insane, with > huge backlogs and major civil rights violations all over. > > The surveys themselves are conducted internally, I have no faith in them > what so ever, this organization is riddled with inefficiency and > corruption. > > The rules are totally different for us, forever. Your HIPPA protections > don't exist for us. Our 4th and 5th amendment rights basically don't > exist, > our private medical information, including therapy notes and shit, is > freely > shared with federal law enforcement, without a warrant. My property has > been stolen, without a warrant, my home searched, with out a warrant. > > I've been detained multiple times. Local officers have lied to my > neighbors > and told them I have warrants, but I haven't even been accused of a crime. > > I'm prohibited by law from "maintaining gainful employment" because I'm too > nutty to work, bit I'm denied ssdi based off doctors records that I smoke > pot. So I don't get half of what I'm supposed to, and now in even being > refused medical care for staph and MRSA because my doctor screwed up my > meds > and appointments, and lied in my record to cover her mistake. > > It takes an average of 45-60 to see your primary care doctor here, longer > to > get to a specialist, but you can't be scrolled for the specialist without a > referral from primary care, so you're looking at a four month minimum wait > to see a specialist. > > Something a lot of outsiders miss is that the VA is scaled. The vast > majority of people who have earned it don't use it, even those who do use > it > mainly use it as part of their health care, and aren't rated and disabled > at > all. > > The real problems in the system begin when you are rated at 30% and they > start becoming involved in every aspect of your life. > > The clinics are well funded, the medical staff is mainly top notch, with > the > exception of the many foreign doctors, who often do not have the empathy > and > cultural awareness this situation requires, and lack a respect for the > special nature if their customer base. The main problem on the health care > side is in administrators. > > The VA is the epitome of a federal bureaucracy run amok. The > administrators > are bitter, entitled, king term government employees who know how hard it > is > to get fired. It often seems add though there job is denial of services, > and it is. This is an attitude that was fostered after Vietnam die to > large > scale fraud by veterans and liars that has since been stamped out. Now it > serves to save them money. > > Many veterans refuse to use VA health care it other benefits due to the > Times and difficulties involved, and the impacts on the individual. For > many years it's seemed like this has been a coordinated effort. > > Christ the evil deranged domestic terrorist combat veteran is now a media > talking point, even if a statistical anomaly. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370639 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
