VA clinics in cities such as Billings - any experience?

[redhead]

rapid city is nice, i checked that out before i settled in billings. just the right size city. after you check it out i'm curious of what you think of rapid city. if i remember the prices for property and rentals were about the same as billings. but montana has lower taxes overall is what i remember. have a safe trip.

[littlequeenie]

Thanks, fellow redhead! I have never actually stopped in RC so I am looking forward to this. I really don't want a big city.
I thought SD had lower taxes - but I am surprised at how high the rents are in RC especially with the low salaries. I'll just see what happens.

[redhead]

Originally Posted by littlequeenie

Thanks, fellow redhead! I have never actually stopped in RC so I am looking forward to this. I really don't want a big city.
I thought SD had lower taxes - but I am surprised at how high the rents are in RC especially with the low salaries. I'll just see what happens.

oh i thought because montana doesn't have sales tax and a not so high income tax that it overall has lower taxes then south dakota.......maybe not.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by redhead

oh i thought because montana doesn't have sales tax and a not so high income tax that it overall has lower taxes then south dakota.......maybe not.

Property taxes in the Rapid City area are through the roof.

[redhead]

i was just at the va clinic here in billings today and i noticed lots more employees............but still when you try to get blood work done or something scheduled......it's just so so confusing for those people......computer programs are locked up or data is incorrect for some unknown reason......blood work done 2 months ago are reordered to be retaken for no apparent reason the doctor or anyone can figure out......oh my my do they have a difficult time just doing simple things........and the vets just stand in slow lines and watch the workers as they try to figure it out..........incrediable........i look around when i'm there and see my fellow vets just shaking their heads at their own frustration....... so just some up-to-date info on the subject of this thread.....hopefully billings va will get their act together......at least they have more new employees and at some point they might figure out how to run that place better.

[Cosmicstargoat]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

The VA does discriminate against Jews by the lack of availability of kosher food, as well as decorating their facilities for almost all the Christian holidays but never decorating for any of the Jewish holidays.

Tell your brother that he raised interest rates in the late 90s when he should have been lowering them, and he kept them too low during the housing boom, and that's part of the reason we are in the mess we're in. Maybe people don't decorate for Jewish holidays because part of your religious rituals include cutting off the best part of a male's tallywhacker, I'm just thinking out loud. Personally, I'm secular and don't think there should be any religious decorations at government institutions, as is specified by the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, so I'm with you on that.

[Cosmicstargoat]

While I'm here, how is the overall medical care in Billings? I'm retired and suffer from severe arthritis an chronic pain as well some of the usual maladies such as hypertension and high cholesterol. I have a great Family Physician where I live now and finding a comparable replacement physician will be a factor in deciding where I want to live. Reason for leaving? I live in a large Southern city and am tired of the heat, the traffic, the crime and gangs and have always wanted to live in a colder climate.

I visited Glacier National Park a couple of years ago and really like the Western States. I know the winters would be a shock, but that's what I'm looking for. I know that's weird, but I'm not natured and this area is killing me.

Lastly, are there any Pain Clinics in Billings?

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Cosmicstargoat

Tell your brother that he raised interest rates in the late 90s when he should have been lowering them, and he kept them too low during the housing boom, and that's part of the reason we are in the mess we're in.

Alan doesn't talk about me and I don't talk about him.

The main reason we are in the mess we are in is because of Freddie and Fannie, and their enablers: Dodd and Frank.

Originally Posted by Cosmicstargoat

Maybe people don't decorate for Jewish holidays because part of your religious rituals include cutting off the best part of a male's tallywhacker,:smack:

Jews are an optimistic people: we trim it before we know how big the blessed thing will be.

[Cosmicstargoat]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

Alan doesn't talk about me and I don't talk about him.

The main reason we are in the mess we are in is because of Freddie and Fannie, and their enablers: Dodd and Frank.

I can't disagree. There are many others, too. Not everyone is entitled to own a house. The subprime fraud was a disgrace.

Jews are an optimistic people: we trim it before we know how big the blessed thing will be.

That's the spirit. Props for taking the jabs in stride.