You’re a 100% right. I moved from one small town to another just an hour away by car and the difference in care through the local VA clinic was night and day. Ironically the main VA hospital in the region is not that great these days. It used to be much better. I don’t know what’s going on in the inner workings of the VA but it isn’t good.
The government really should allow vets who are eligible to get care through them to go to outside caregivers and be reimbursed by the VA.
They do that now. I have cataract surgery coming up next week at a private firm paid by VA. Check out Veterans Choice.