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Wounded Bear

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4. I've always been basically happy with their medical system...

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 11:30 AM

Aug 2021

perhaps I'm lucky and live in a 'good' region where it works, but still. The point I always make is that they have never treated me worse than how I've been treated by civilian facilities along the way and usually better.

I agree on all of your points. The only way I would go for any 'privatization' would be the ability to use my VA Medical ID like people use their Medicare cards, especially for those who live remotely from a VA facility, at a local doctor or clinic. Oh, and like Biden is proposing for Medicare, let me get dental, etc.

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A modest (and slightly selfish) suggestion re: Afghanistan... [View all] Wounded Bear Aug 2021 OP

We're still giving Afghanistan 4.7 billion a year for awhile. jimfields33 Aug 2021 #1

I would suggest that that amount should be provisional going forward...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #2

Yeah, I think that's probably off the table now. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2021 #5

Maybe teach the Taliban a lesson on making deals with trump... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #6

The VA is doing a great job, more money and less political footballing, and an end of ... marble falls Aug 2021 #3

I've always been basically happy with their medical system... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #4

That would help to hire the 36,000 healthcare workers the VA is short. marie999 Aug 2021 #7

Its not free money. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #8