(11-09-2024, 05:38 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-09-2024, 05:28 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Simply add all eligible veterans to Medicare on discharge. It's a simple inelegant solution that would actually work.

It would be pretty dismissive of service-specific injuries and mental illnesses to just throw them into gen pop like that.  Maybe it's fine.  The questions of efficiency and efficacy are what would persuade me.  I have heard that the VA provides more care for less money and better outcomes, even though patients are less happy. They're like the frontier airlines of care.  They got to their destination safe, but it was cramped and the nurse was mean to them.  Is that true?

Not really true at all in my experience.  I have been receiving care from the VA for a few years now and have never had a bad experience with them at all.  The facilities that I have visited have all been clean, efficient and the staff are professional and pleasant.

I also convinced my good friend who happens to be diabetic to sign up for care and his out-of-pocket expense for his insulin went from over $300 per month to $15 per month.  He is very much happy with the care that he receives.

(11-09-2024, 09:05 PM)Jagwired Wrote: VA care is fine and improving. A high percentage of it is sent to private care facilities already. It's just that the tried and true motto/attitude that so many of us experienced for years while serving has to be applied to the VA system.

" Hurry up and wait "

That is probably my only complaint with them, but the long wait times have only been when I had to go outside of the VA for a couple of things.  As far as lab work, routine visits and getting some procedures done it has always been in a timely manner.  I guess it helps that I don't live too far from Gainesville so the VA Hospital is only about a 30 minute trip or so.

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