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To: LindyBill who wrote (474457)	2/29/2012 2:30:12 PM
From: robert a belfer	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

n<A guy spends 20 years as an REMF shuffling paper and then getting lifetime care is not on my radar screen. > As a retired sailor with zero disability I do not use the VA for anything. My health care comes from a program called Tricare. It used to be Champus. While I agree with almost uw said I do differ on one point. I think one reason the system is slow are frivolous claims. Just before retirement everyone had to attend a Transition Assistance Program. We were all encouraged by a speaker from the VA to find a reason to get disability. This was 16 years ago so I will not say we were encouraged to lie but I do remembering them saying that anyone would have no trouble getting 10% for hearing loss. Since that time I have been encouraged by many vets to scrub my service record for reasons to apply for disability and called stupid for not doing it. Mind, this is all anecdotal, I have no idea if it is wide spread. Nor do I know how much it clogs the system. I do have to say in the interests of full disclosure, after 15 years retired with out being registered with VA someone got to my wife to try and enroll me. I am sorry she did but figure it is less stress on the system to let it be rather than try and turn it off. So every month we get a letter saying they are still processing it. If it is ever approved I will be the lowest priority which I do not need and will never use. As uw said, the VA has serious work to do.

To: LindyBill who wrote (474457)	2/29/2012 4:25:51 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793914

A guy spends 20 years as an REMF shuffling paper and then getting lifetime care Knew a guy that spent three years in the air force, '59 - '62, drinking coffee and smoking. He went cold a few years ago after soaking up one hell of a pile of VA care. That ain't right.

To: LindyBill who wrote (474457)	2/29/2012 4:39:24 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 793914

i've written about this before on this thread....and have pointed out the archaic nature of the 'separate but equal' VA medical structure.... the logical thing to do is to wind down the VA hospitals, give every vet who was active duty a 'medical care for free' card to be used at any hospital/doctor of his/her choosing.... and make the requirements for that card 'stringent' lot of F$A types in the military complex that i feel need to pay their own freight just like the rest of us

To: LindyBill who wrote (474457)	2/29/2012 7:26:12 PM
From: unclewest	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

A guy spends 20 years as an REMF shuffling paper and then getting lifetime care is not on my radar screen. The folks like them who have no service connected disability must pass a means test today before getting into the VA system and then if they get in they must pay according to their means. Was it always like that? I don't know. Coincidentally I received my first copy of the VA "Veterans Health Benefits Handbook" in today's mail. It is the first I ever saw. It may be the first ever. The published date is February 2012. Hey that is this month, I'll look through it.