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10. Doctors aren't the problem with the VA

Reply to The River (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 08:23 AM

Aug 2015

The clerks and jerks you have to deal with before you see a doctor is the problem. I have Medicare backed by Tricare for Life (military retiree). I go to any doctor or specialist I want and they bill Medicare. What Medicare doesn't pay (deductible and co-pay), they toss over the fence and Tricare pays it. It is a wonderful system. If I don't like the clerks and jerks in a doctor's office, I find another doctor who has a better outer office.

As someone noted, the VA should just give qualified veterans a card which allows them the same flexibility and freedom.

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Newsmax: Privatize the VA [View all] unhappycamper Aug 2015 OP

Absolutely NOT! Frustratedlady Aug 2015 #1

Amen..... daleanime Aug 2015 #2

Another Way for the 1 %ers to Profit From War Warhorse99 Aug 2015 #4

We need to fix the VA, not privatize it. Once there is the incentive to djean111 Aug 2015 #3

VA can't manage it's money rainbow4321 Aug 2015 #5

I'm Very Happy with the VA The River Aug 2015 #6

turn it over to medicare so vets can get doctors of their own choosing nt msongs Aug 2015 #7

Shows How Little You Know The River Aug 2015 #8

Doctors aren't the problem with the VA 1939 Aug 2015 #10

It's a bad idea. DashOneBravo Aug 2015 #9

The obvious thing to do is create less veterans... rasputin1952 Aug 2015 #11

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