Yes...there are local issues in some areas with that. It's not as widespread as fox would have people believe. The VA does have issues, most of it is there are too many people for the system to handle. Much like Benghazi and other issues the right likes to scream about, it's more smoke that actual substance to the screaming. 1 VAMC covers a pretty large territory. Not all VAMC's are horrible...many work just fine. I just talked to my doc a couple of weeks ago and we set up an apt for the 27th of this month. The senate just passed a bill (with 3 republicans voting against it) that would give vets who either have to deal with long wait times to get appointments, or live more than 40 miles out from a VAMC, the ability to use local docs and hospitals via a Medicare like system. I think that is a good idea as it would not only reduce the strain on the VAMC's but also make it easier for veterans to get to appointments and get he proper care that they need.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:29 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common sense gun laws in the United States My local news outlets, all of them, tell me about a secret waiting list for the VA here in KC. How are you going to dismiss that? They all lying too? On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I get my healthcare from the VA Rick and have been getting it there > for over a decade...and get excellent care from them, despite what Fox > news tells you to think Rick. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:r...@whitestonemedia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:52 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > sense gun laws in the United States > > > Why don't we all "cut to the chase" and just join the VA! That > government-run health care system is already up and functioning! > > > On 6/17/2014 10:43 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Yes...I agree that it didn't go far enough. We should have gone > > with a single payer system that got rid of the insurance industry > > and for profit hospitals completely. They are the primary source of > > our issues...but > you > > are ignoring the effect that having everyone insured has. Look at > > how > that > > reduced premiums with auto insurance when that became mandatory... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:08 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > > sense > gun > > laws in the United States > > > > > > That would be true, but ACA is not going to improve the system > > because it does not address what is broken about the system. It > > only forces participation by everyone. The problems are with the > > price gouging and corruption in the healthcare, insurance and pharmaceutical industries. > The > > only parts of ACA that help are the provisions against denying > > coverage > for > > pre-existing conditions, and providing some measure of financial > assistance > > for those who cannot afford insurance. > > But neither of those do anything to fix the system. They just put > bandaids > > on a couple of gaping wounds. > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> An article on what Obama's done. Apparently healthcare reform in > >> the US and his latest move on Climate Change are big deals :) But I > >> guess anything to improve the most expensive and inefficient > >> healthcare system in the first world would be a plus! > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:370999 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
