Veterans Issues

[olevetonahill]

Is this Not a Crock or what ?
http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfoct08/nf101308-1.htm

[Curly Bill]

Sounds pretty crappy. :mad:

[olevetonahill]

Sounds pretty crappy. :mad:

Thanks bro
Ill peem Ya, The trap got Sprung and I know who the dipwad is that has been 1 starin My Vets threads and Lil Kids :D

[Curly Bill]

Thanks bro
Ill peem Ya, The trap got Sprung and I know who the dipwad is that has been 1 starin My Vets threads and Lil Kids :D

Allsome! Lets bring 'em to justice! :D

[StormySooner-IN]

:D

[CK Sooner]

:D

[SoonerStormchaser]

Quien es?

[CK Sooner]

Quien es?

Huh?

[Curly Bill]

Huh?

He was saying he doesn't like you either. :P








:D

[CK Sooner]

He was saying he doesn't like you either. :P








:D

It was SoonerStormChaser!!!?

[Ike]

Sounds like it's time to fire the lot of them and staff the offices with vets on disability...

[SoonerStormchaser]

I hate everyone...just ask 20xx!

[Curly Bill]

Sounds like it's time to fire the lot of them and staff the offices with vets on disability...

Staff the offices with someone that would actually care?

What a novel idea. :)

...but for real: Why not do this?

[olevetonahill]

The thread Brot an Important issue to the front . Plus it was a Beautiful Trap .:D :D :D :D
A peem has been sent to the Offender, I gave him the options Of 1 staring any thread I make Except Kids and Vets . Plus Offered the free shot Of negging Me , forever .
Said I wouldnt OUT him If he Peems Me back and accepts those terms .
Cause Im :cool: Like that .
However the Folks what helped Me spring the Trap aint under those restrictions .
;)

[Lott's Bandana]

Sometimes I'm guilty of starin at your threads too, Vet! :P

[CK Sooner]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g85/socialgeek/its_a_trap_cat.jpg

[Ike]

http://gameboygenius.8bitcollective.com/images/tarp.jpg

:P

[SoonerStormchaser]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_H2qHx1DJZLI/R4G_1DOGZQI/AAAAAAAAD7o/sU1xg8iAY2A/Christmas.NewYears.2007+166.jpg

[Curly Bill]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/its-a-trap.jpg

[SoonerStormchaser]

dammit!

[Curly Bill]

http://sydlexia.com/blogstuff/ackbar_its_a_trap.jpg

[Curly Bill]

http://www.katurday.com/wp-content/uploads/katurdaycom_marriagetrap.jpg

[CK Sooner]

http://sydlexia.com/blogstuff/ackbar_its_a_trap.jpg

I was about to post this one. :D

Did you search for it on Photobucket?

[Curly Bill]

I was about to post this one. :D

Did you search for it on Photobucket?

GIS

[CK Sooner]

GIS

WTF is that?

:D

[Curly Bill]

WTF is that?

:D

Are you messing with me here?

Google Image Search

[CK Sooner]

Are you messing with me here?

Google Image Search

Nope, I didn't know.

[Curly Bill]

Nope, I didn't know.

I didn't want to be seeing one of thesehttp://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/psfishing/icn-snelled-carp-fishing-hooks.jpg

[Curly Bill]

http://www.icanhasforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/star-wars-its-a-carp.jpg

[olevetonahill]

I didn't want to be seeing one of thesehttp://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/psfishing/icn-snelled-carp-fishing-hooks.jpg

The dude with a SORE mouth has left the Board shortly after gettin HOOKED :D :D :D :D :D

[Tulsa_Fireman]

Trap or no trap, it's still a sh*tty deal.

Am I the only one that looks at the assfest that's the VA, hears cries for universal healthcare, and makes the connection that universal healthcare = assfest with the common connecting issue being that the government is in charge?

[Rogue]

Am I the only one that looks at the assfest that's the VA, hears cries for universal healthcare, and makes the connection that universal healthcare = assfest with the common connecting issue being that the government is in charge?

You sure about that? Tell ya what, do a little reading and you'll likely realize that for the past many years VA has outperformed private sector healthcare in preventive medicine, performance, quality, cost (yup cost), and outcomes. This ain't your Dad's Buick TF.

I have good insurance and can go pretty much where I want. I choose to go to the local VA. Yep, I work there too - full disclosure. I am an informed consumer as far as healthcare goes and prefer VA by a mile.


My problem is more with the privatization and profiteering by the big dogs in VA.

Like the past Secretary and current Secretary of the Dept. contracting out exams to their own company. (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/20/va_contracts)

Unfortunately, it threatens all the wrong people and interest groups for VA healthcare to do this well.

Vet's been on the prowl for the one-star bandit for awhile now. Glad he got the mystery figured out.

[AlbqSooner]

The dude with a SORE mouth has left the Board shortly after gettin HOOKED :D :D :D :D :D

Still here. No sores on my mouth. :D

[OUthunder]

Staff the offices with someone that would actually care?

What a novel idea. :)

...but for real: Why not do this?

They could also staff people who speak English.

[SoonerStormchaser]

Ok, so wtf is the one star bandit?

[olevetonahill]

You sure about that? Tell ya what, do a little reading and you'll likely realize that for the past many years VA has outperformed private sector healthcare in preventive medicine, performance, quality, cost (yup cost), and outcomes. This ain't your Dad's Buick TF.

I have good insurance and can go pretty much where I want. I choose to go to the local VA. Yep, I work there too - full disclosure. I am an informed consumer as far as healthcare goes and prefer VA by a mile.


My problem is more with the privatization and profiteering by the big dogs in VA.

Like the past Secretary and current Secretary of the Dept. contracting out exams to their own company. (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/20/va_contracts)

Unfortunately, it threatens all the wrong people and interest groups for VA healthcare to do this well.

Vet's been on the prowl for the one-star bandit for awhile now. Glad he got the mystery figured out.

The VA Medical . Has Improved Beyond anything I ever thot Id live to see.
I remember Hrs of waiting . Its Now Streamlined to the point Of Very little wait time . The Folks there Really seem to Care as before they didnt give a shat .
My only Prob with em Now is the Fact they cant keep Doctors.
The last time I went we had a New Doctor . A Female,Who could barely speak english .

[OUthunder]

The VA Medical . Has Improved Beyond anything I ever thot Id live to see.
I remember Hrs of waiting . Its Now Streamlined to the point Of Very little wait time . The Folks there Really seem to Care as before they didnt give a shat .
My only Prob with em Now is the Fact they cant keep Doctors.
The last time I went we had a New Doctor . A Female,Who could barely speak english .

My father died at the VA Hospital in OKC and the doctor barely spoke a lick of English. I was only 20 at the time but I just remembered thinking "this is how we treat our military and military families."

[Tulsa_Fireman]

There ya go.

I have a VA clinic in my first-in run district. And yeah, we run there. Fairly often. And while the lines are short and the staff friendly, in patients I've had the honor to tend to, I've noticed a disturbing trend of simply throwing medications at a problem without apparent considerations of an ever growing list and the potential contraindications of medications they're prescribing.

Joe Veteran doesn't know this stuff. He sees his doctor, gets checked out, and moves on down the road.

But multiple times from multiple sources, some of those sources being firsthand emergency patient care, the charge nurse whips out a list of meds that damn near rolls out like toilet paper. My neighbor, my grandpa, and another friend of the family have in recent days been thankfully caught by their pharmacist before filling out a prescription with a gigantic red flag of death from incompatible meds.

No bueno.

[mdklatt]

I have a VA clinic in my first-in run district. And yeah, we run there. Fairly often. And while the lines are short and the staff friendly, in patients I've had the honor to tend to, I've noticed a disturbing trend of simply throwing medications at a problem without apparent considerations of an ever growing list and the potential contraindications of medications they're prescribing.


I don't think that problem is confined to VA hospitals.

[Rogue]

Polypharmacy is a huge problem throughout the "industry" of healthcare.
VA is as guilty as any.

And, granted, VA doesn't always attract the best and brightest. But lately, thanks to a boatload of overhead costs and red tape, more good docs are coming to VA from private practice. Seems that working for a salary suits some better than running their own business these days. Again, it seems mostly to do with regulations and malpractice insurance costs.