jaymatt wrote:
I've thought a lot about this subject, and I now feel that the best solution is to get rid of the VA hospitals and give government support payments to regular hospitals when veterans are treated. The VA hospital system seems to be a boondoggle, and I know a number of vets who have gone to VA hospitals and complained of poor treatment, diagnoses, etc., and have returned to the regular medical system for their treatment. This system seems to me to be a better, more economical solution to an ongoing, increasingly significant problem. I've discussed this idea with several vets that I know, and they all agree with the idea.
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Like 3dees, I am well taken care of by the VA. My VA care is at least, if not more, thorough than what I have received from civilian medicos. From what you say, I take it that you are not speaking of problems with the VA from personal experience. I am sorry that your friends are having problems with the VA. I am not saying the VA is perfect, but from my experience with the VA, first in Pennsylvania and now in Florida, the VA does a great job.