[redcatcherb412]

Didn’t have permission to call an ambulance? What?

It does happen. 15yrs ago I was taken by ambulance to the local ER for a cardiac problem. The ER doc called the VA hospital 200 miles away and they admitted me over the phone. The ER doc told them I needed to be transported right away, but the VA said no transportation is authorized, I had to find my own way. Needless to say the ER Dr was totally horrified. They gave me an oxygen tank and some nitro in case the pain got worse. Luckily I was able to get one of my son in laws to do the driving for 4 hours to get me there in the middle of the night.

[Baynative]

So much can be done to make sense of what the government has done to the VA. I hope Director Robert Wilkie has seen enough of the inside to make real changes.

My frustrations with the bureaucracy could fill a book. But once I get into our facility. I have found the people working there to be really great.

[packrat35]

Government health care at its finest? This is what Obama wants for all of us!