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marie999

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7. We are also.

Reply to Sgent (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 27, 2021, 03:04 PM

Aug 2021

We used the Oakland Park clinic in Florida until 2001 and since then Jacksonville-Wilmington North Carolina clinics. Both are great. The problem with the system is that Congress will not budget enough for the VA to hire the 40,000 more doctors, nurses, and technicians they need to handle all the veterans that use the system. Luckily for us, the VA Community Care uses many non-VA specialists so we do not have to wait to see any kind of doctor. I realize that in some places the VA healthcare system does not work as well as it should.

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COVID surge creates shortage of hospital ICU beds [View all] BeckyDem Aug 2021 OP

Guess the invisible hand of the market didn't see this coming leftstreet Aug 2021 #1

Yes, and the longer more Americans refuse to be vaccinated the worse this will get. BeckyDem Aug 2021 #2

If all hospitals had to maintain ICU beds in case of a pandemic costs would go up. marie999 Aug 2021 #3

Non profit infrastructure could help prevent that need leftstreet Aug 2021 #5

Um... this is a Vet Sgent Aug 2021 #4

We are also. marie999 Aug 2021 #7

Why can't they designate a certain number of beds for Covid or a separate ward? Lettuce Be Aug 2021 #6

Because the hospitals are for profit and that costs money. haele Aug 2021 #8