VA Medical Centers

The Washington Post had an article yesterday in the Outlook section on
young doctors and their residency training. The doctor told horror
stories of a VA medical center in 1990. But, later in the story he
states that today the VA is in many ways doing better than most other
medical systems today. I hope they keep improving, and not by taking
away benefits we earned.
http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/tom.html

Fucking shill. That link doesn't go anywhere near any story about the VA.
Cocksuckers that use the shill method you just used fall into the "To be
ignored" category. Fuck you very much.

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Don Thompson

Ex ROMAD


"Tom Lacombe" wrote in message
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> The Washington Post had an article yesterday in the Outlook section on
> young doctors and their residency training. The doctor told horror
> stories of a VA medical center in 1990. But, later in the story he
> states that today the VA is in many ways doing better than most other
> medical systems today. I hope they keep improving, and not by taking
> away benefits we earned.
> http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/tom.html

Screw the VA medical system !!! it is a employment scheme for
bureaucrats ( non-veterans at that ).
If this country wanted to take care of Disabled Vets... we should
receive access to something like BlueCross... make our own choice of
health care providers.... won't have to wait average of between 6 wks
and 5 months to get a appointment for health care.....actually talk to
an American doctor....
Unfortunately I am supposed to use the wonderful Detroit Va
hosp....can relate more horror stories about the sorry state of the va
health care sys...

The Past isn't Dead.
it isn't even Past...

There is clearly a doctor shortage in the VA and to many administrators
tripping over each other. Few patients are getting quality care and the VA
still is using veterans as guinea pigs.

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"Tom Lacombe" wrote in message
news:3f53e33a.50848962@news.shentel.net...
> The Washington Post had an article yesterday in the Outlook section on
> young doctors and their residency training. The doctor told horror
> stories of a VA medical center in 1990. But, later in the story he
> states that today the VA is in many ways doing better than most other
> medical systems today. I hope they keep improving, and not by taking
> away benefits we earned.
> http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/tom.html

The VA accepts Blue Cross. However, the VA does provide an excellent level
of care to diabetics, most who use the Endocrinology units of VA facilities
do far better than they would from a Blue Cross HMO.
"michael lee" wrote in message
news:339-3F54B4D6-250@storefull-2113.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> Screw the VA medical system !!! it is a employment scheme for
> bureaucrats ( non-veterans at that ).
> If this country wanted to take care of Disabled Vets... we should
> receive access to something like BlueCross... make our own choice of
> health care providers.... won't have to wait average of between 6 wks
> and 5 months to get a appointment for health care.....actually talk to
> an American doctor....
> Unfortunately I am supposed to use the wonderful Detroit Va
> hosp....can relate more horror stories about the sorry state of the va
> health care sys...
>
> The Past isn't Dead.
> it isn't even Past...
>

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 1655 GMT, "JASON A. KAATZ"
wrote this crap:

>There is clearly a doctor shortage in the VA and to many administrators
>tripping over each other. Few patients are getting quality care and the VA
>still is using veterans as guinea pigs.


If you were a doctor, would YOU work for the VA?



Hero@Horvath.net

Ave Imperator Bush!
Bush Was Right! Four More Years!

This is funny as all hell. Local Va office called this morning wondering if
I wanted to have my AO Reg. exam. Explained that I had had it last year.
She said 'oh, where did you have it?' and I said 'Right there'. Assholes
can't get right even if they try.

Engineer
"JASON A. KAATZ" wrote in message
news:Pp35b.77538$Sq.15262861@twister.nyc.rr.com...
> There is clearly a doctor shortage in the VA and to many administrators
> tripping over each other. Few patients are getting quality care and the VA
> still is using veterans as guinea pigs.
>
> ------------------
> "Tom Lacombe" wrote in message
> news:3f53e33a.50848962@news.shentel.net...
> > The Washington Post had an article yesterday in the Outlook section on
> > young doctors and their residency training. The doctor told horror
> > stories of a VA medical center in 1990. But, later in the story he
> > states that today the VA is in many ways doing better than most other
> > medical systems today. I hope they keep improving, and not by taking
> > away benefits we earned.
> > http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/tom.html
>
>

Some doctors starting out in practice and/or who might have left the
military as a doctor might not be able to afford medical malpractice
insurance which the VA seems to cover and as a doctor can earn upwards to
$120 K per year or better depending on board certifications and soforth. To
some such can be attractive, plus, the can also continue to teach medicine
as some do at local universities when not working for the VA. Not everyone
has a rich daddy to put them into a medical practice.

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"Horvath" wrote in message
news:bj38at$877$5@206.244.73.185...
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 1655 GMT, "JASON A. KAATZ"
> wrote this crap:
>
> >There is clearly a doctor shortage in the VA and to many administrators
> >tripping over each other. Few patients are getting quality care and the
VA
> >still is using veterans as guinea pigs.
>
>
> If you were a doctor, would YOU work for the VA?
>
>
>
> Hero@Horvath.net
>
> Ave Imperator Bush!
> Bush Was Right! Four More Years!

Which VA facility are you talking about ?

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"Engineer" wrote in message
news:bj3auo$eiec6$1@ID-169205.news.uni-berlin.de...
> This is funny as all hell. Local Va office called this morning wondering
if
> I wanted to have my AO Reg. exam. Explained that I had had it last year.
> She said 'oh, where did you have it?' and I said 'Right there'. Assholes
> can't get right even if they try.
>
> Engineer
> "JASON A. KAATZ" wrote in message
> news:Pp35b.77538$Sq.15262861@twister.nyc.rr.com...
> > There is clearly a doctor shortage in the VA and to many administrators
> > tripping over each other. Few patients are getting quality care and the
VA
> > still is using veterans as guinea pigs.
> >
> > ------------------
> > "Tom Lacombe" wrote in message
> > news:3f53e33a.50848962@news.shentel.net...
> > > The Washington Post had an article yesterday in the Outlook section on
> > > young doctors and their residency training. The doctor told horror
> > > stories of a VA medical center in 1990. But, later in the story he
> > > states that today the VA is in many ways doing better than most other
> > > medical systems today. I hope they keep improving, and not by taking
> > > away benefits we earned.
> > > http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/tom.html
> >
> >
>
>

I recently had a complete physical exam, including blood tests and ekg,
free of charge at the Dallas VA hospital. The staff was very courteous to
me. They are completely computerized which significantly improved both the
quality and efficiency of the whole process. I am a Registered Nurse so I
have some qualification for stating that the medical procedures, the
quality of care that I received, and the personal courtesy that I received
during the aforementioned was significantly better than that at most
private or other public hospitals.
Mr. C.V. Compton Shaw; U.S. Army;4th Inf. Div.;2/8th Inf.;RVN 1969-1970