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To: xzins
The VA is a wreck.
The simple solution is to issue a credit card to every honorably discharged veteran, good at any hospital or clinic, with the tab paid by Uncle Sam.
7 posted on 06/08/2014 4:27:07 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Any government program will be abused. It always is. The veteran should be required always to have a veteran id with miniaturized DD214 on one side and picture, current address, etc., on the other. And there should be a requirement that the ID must be renewed every 5 or 7 years. Then they can use their credit card.


8 posted on 06/08/2014 4:36:04 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"The simple solution is to issue a credit card to every honorably discharged veteran, good at any hospital or clinic, with the tab paid by Uncle Sam. "

That's what was suggested when I worked for the VA -- more than 30 years ago. At the time I understood that the concept was studied and the executive report indicated that not only would it be much better, it would be much cheaper. The report of the study is, I think, stored at the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.

The VA problems are systemic and the only way to find someone who isn't tainted is to recruit outside of the VA. The problem with going outside the VA is that someone who might possibly be an effective VA chief wouldn't want to work for Obama.

11 posted on 06/08/2014 5:37:48 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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