Posted on 10/20/2015 5:09:27 PM PDT by Bob
The VA has proposed removing the net worth reporting requirement for veterans seeking VA healthcare.
In a proposal scheduled to be filed in the Federal Register on October 20, the VA seeks to make permanent its temporary practice of not requiring a veteran to submit a net-worth statement when they apply for healthcare. The VA will also no longer require annual net-worth statements from veterans who are currently enrolled in its healthcare programs.
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The VA now seeks to remove any wording in the law related to its collection of net-worth data to prevent any confusion and make it permanently easier for veterans to receive free healthcare.
The VA estimates that removing the net-worth reporting requirement will move 53,000 veterans to a higher priority group this year. Over five years, the VA expects that 135,000 veterans who previously were ineligible for healthcare would be able to enroll in the VA health care system because of this change.
Depending on public comments received by the VA, the change is scheduled to become effective December 19 of this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
Hmm - did they consider these people’s net worth before they put on the uniform?....
I have used the VA health care system and never had to give them my net worth. But it has been over a year and a half since they said they said they had scheduled me for a MRI for my right hip. Never happened!
When they asked my Dad about this, his response was,
“Nobody asked me how the hell much money I made when they told me to get on the troop ship.”
This is to facilitate the continuing transfer of Obamacare’s costs to the VA budget.
I hate our lying, greedy media.
VA must have a lot of excess capacity and a lot of underworked doctors and nurses if they can absorb another 135,000 patients.
BTW, both my wife and I are veterans and get our medical care from the VA. Neither of us have ever had a problem. Quite the contrary, we think it is the best care we've ever received.
50% disabled or greater = Pri 1
40% or greater dissbled = Pri 2
etc.
Otherwise the system is flooded and those who paid the greatest price are squeezed out.
The current cap for a married man is $38K, because of NO COLA raises for 2016 that could be upped another $10K at least.
More stand alone clinics like Minor Meds are needed to take care of the less serious problems. They could be scattered all over the US instead of just a few areas. It would allow a better tracking system of records too.
Why are the men and women who use the VA Disability having to pay co-pays for their meds. Most of the time these are just a few pills before or after a procedure. Yet Tricare Life makes you pay the full months co-pay for 4 pills. When hubby had his remaining 5 teeth pulled he needed 4 antibiotics and a 2 week supply of narcotics. His dentures were FARMED out to his dentist so they are top of the line. They were to snowed under to make them. Yet his hearing aids were totally in house. Great quality ones, not some cheap pieces of crap. They even provide the batteries and the wax trap cleaning stuff every 3 months.
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