Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 01-13-2019, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Macon, Georgia
909 posts, read 545,265 times
Reputation: 605

Advertisements

Nice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/u...atization.html
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 01-13-2019, 08:23 AM
 
79,907 posts, read 44,191,640 times
Reputation: 17209
I do not support this but for those like myself that do not we allowed this to happen by NOT holding politicians responsible for not addressing the issues associated with the problems here.

Bush and Obama both made speeches and that was it.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 08:51 AM
 
59,040 posts, read 27,298,344 times
Reputation: 14281
Quote:
Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
I do not support this but for those like myself that do not we allowed this to happen by NOT holding politicians responsible for not addressing the issues associated with the problems here.

Bush and Obama both made speeches and that was it.

I am for it.


Free up the VA for specialized treatment like PTSD, prosthetic, etc.


There is no reasonable reason a for vet to drive 3 hours or even 1 hour to go to a hospital or doctor for "normal" care such as hearing aids, eyeglasses or the many other normal everyday medical problems even heart, cancer etc. and the spouse, etc. has to stay overnight when a local doctor can do a just as good a job. Even if the VA paid for the overnight stay why waste that money when it could be spent on the specialized things I mentioned.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 09:00 AM
 
79,907 posts, read 44,191,640 times
Reputation: 17209
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quick Enough View Post
I am for it.


Free up the VA for specialized treatment like PTSD, prosthetic, etc.


There is no reasonable reason a for vet to drive 3 hours or even 1 hour to go to a hospital or doctor for "normal" care such as hearing aids, eyeglasses or the many other normal everyday medical problems even heart, cancer etc. and the spouse, etc. has to stay overnight when a local doctor can do a just as good a job. Even if the VA paid for the overnight stay why waste that money when it could be spent on the specialized things I mentioned.
I agree. Which is why I support creating clinics all over the place making the care of veterans incredibly expensive so that we are less willing to send them off to get broke in the first place.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 09:01 AM
 
34,300 posts, read 15,649,302 times
Reputation: 13053
I'm for it.
If I want to keep my Dr.
I can keep my Dr.

Couldn't get that option with Obamacare even though the liar said you could.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 10:17 PM
 
8,411 posts, read 7,421,908 times
Reputation: 6409
I support it. I have a long history with the VA. Let me tell you, it is more pain than pleasure. It's slowly improving.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 10:20 PM
 
Location: California
37,135 posts, read 42,209,520 times
Reputation: 35013
Quote:
Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
I agree. Which is why I support creating clinics all over the place making the care of veterans incredibly expensive so that we are less willing to send them off to get broke in the first place.
We can't built anything all over the place, there is way too much red tape in that and then hiring people to staff it all...well it makes no sense since there are already doctors offices all over the place.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 10:38 PM
 
271 posts, read 139,787 times
Reputation: 167
Quote:
Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
I agree. Which is why I support creating clinics all over the place making the care of veterans incredibly expensive so that we are less willing to send them off to get broke in the first place.
I agree wholeheartedly with you. Clinics should be built everywhere.

The Koch brothers are not behind this legislation because they like and want to help veterans, they are behind it because they want to profit from privatization and '' FOR PROFIT " medical care to veterans.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 11:12 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
29,218 posts, read 22,361,490 times
Reputation: 23858
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quick Enough View Post
I am for it.


Free up the VA for specialized treatment like PTSD, prosthetic, etc.


There is no reasonable reason a for vet to drive 3 hours or even 1 hour to go to a hospital or doctor for "normal" care such as hearing aids, eyeglasses or the many other normal everyday medical problems even heart, cancer etc. and the spouse, etc. has to stay overnight when a local doctor can do a just as good a job. Even if the VA paid for the overnight stay why waste that money when it could be spent on the specialized things I mentioned.
Yup. I have no probs if inspection and regulation is thoroughly done.

There are some areas, like those you mentioned, that are really the best done by the VA using veterans as professionals. But the other stuff you mentioned could actually be done just as well and more cheaply in private care, under close supervision by the VA.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-13-2019, 11:20 PM
 
8,299 posts, read 3,811,388 times
Reputation: 5919
I think this is great.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:36 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top