Comments on: Comments on the VA Healthcare System

By: storm

storm — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:41:34 +0000

When all is said and done it’s time to start taking care of our own. We waste too much tax dollars sending medical and health help to other countries who don’t appreicated anyway. Let’s start taking care of our own.

By: Andrew Wyczykowski

Andrew Wyczykowski — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:18:14 +0000

I have used the V.A. for over 12 years. I do not have any service connected disabilities. They take pretty good care of me and follow up because i have diabetes. My doctor friend at the VA told me that if it were not for alcohol and tobacco the v.a. would close down. When I have an appointment, I show up on time. I wait and wait. I know that I cannot be seen on time due to problems with other patients or emergencies. Many times in the waiting room, veteran’s take fits about not beein seen on time and raise hell with the staff. Many ignore the advice given, don’t take their medicines and are repeat customers for no good reason. I believe that many veterans are losers and would be even if they had never served one day in the service behind a desk. A lot of them are crybabies and ne’er do wells and the military was the best thing that every happened to them. When their tour is up, they are back in civilian life and lost. They get involved into PTSD and it is something that has spread on itself. I know men who were POW’s in Japanese and Italian camps who have gone on and let normal lives. They share my “crybaby” opinion about a lot of veterans. I realize that not everybody can be the same under stress or difficult situations but the veteran’s seem to like to complain about the V.A. I think they do a decent job. Its much better than having to pay for hospital care– a private hospital can drop you but the V.A. will take care of you if you are willing and honest and cooperate.

By: wmrx

wmrx — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:07:32 +0000

I would be aware that your facts about the Bush Administration cutting funds for Veterians are incorrect. In fact funding for Veterians has gone up under Bush more so than under Clinton.

For more details about this see this article.

http://www.factcheck.org/article144.html

By: JP

JP — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:52:46 +0000

It is important to know that Walter Reed is not a pat of the Veterans Administration Heath Care System. It is a U.S.Army Medical Center. Second while not all Va Hospitals is perfect, overall the VA is one of the very best healthcare systems in the U.S. at least according to Business Week report last year(July 17th, 2006). That being said, the number of patients being treated by Veterans Administration has double over past 10 years and the Bush administration has steadly cut funding and as a result, access and waiting times have suffered.