I don’t disagree my FRiend. Sometimes a person needs a hand.
This country doesn’t owe me a damn thing. I owe it everything.
I have taken advantage of the V.A. for my healthcare needs and I thank the U.S. taxpayer every time for it, even though my insurance, through my wife’s employer, for which she pays most of the premium,has to pay the bill. Back in the day, the V.A. was totally funded by US tax dollars and was not means tested.
Things change. We have to play the cards we are dealt til we can change things again.
Understood.
There’s one thing the last 50 years have shown to me: once the government enlarges itself by taking powers once held by private citizens those powers are lost forever. E.g., a surgeon opens a patient’s belly for hernia repair and discovers a diseased appendix. It was unheard of to sew the patient up while awaiting approval to excise the appendix. It was considered an unnecessary risk to operate twice. Not to mention double the cost. The unintended consequence is that surgeons and internists today are not as good diagnosticians because they only invite trouble by thinkng outside the box. I’m sorry you are dealing with VA. We will all soon get equally poor medical care. Socialized medicine kills.