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Veterans

Cold War Spook

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Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 10:55 AM

Feb 2018

My VA hospital is 110 miles away and the nearest HCC is 70 miles away. My basic clinic is close. I go to my primary care doctor and have blood work done in the clinic near me. Every other doctor I have is 15-20 miles away from me, which is the nearest city. Surgery is performed at the hospital 15 miles away. I do not pay a penny for all this and if you are on a VA co pay, that is all you will pay the VA. The VA needs over 40,000 more doctors, nurses and technicians but Congress won't give them the money.