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roomtomove

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4. I get that but

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 12, 2024, 08:37 PM

Nov 12

one point he made which I somewhat agree with is that vets should be able to seek doctors/medical help outside of the VA hospital system. I have worked at several VA hospitals (construction) and the V A hospital system is a bloated bureaucratic mess. A vet friend has to travel miles to get to his VA facility.

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Blaming the vets for being greedy... Klarkashton Nov 12 #1

I get that but roomtomove Nov 12 #4

Do you really believe that Vets with medical problems and are Klarkashton Nov 12 #7

They do have that XarmyGal Nov 12 #8

It's not that it's a "bloated bureaucracy" odins folly Nov 12 #12

"Thank you for your service" odins folly Nov 12 #11

I really hate that too. Enlisted in 1977. haele Nov 12 #13

Typical MAGA ratfkery B.See Nov 12 #2

Yet, another thing that will go over their heads. Baitball Blogger Nov 12 #3

Damn Solly Mack Nov 12 #5

My husband has some VA benefits as well as Tri-Care for Life(secondary insurance) ProudMNDemocrat Nov 12 #6

He has a history of wanting to see the VA privatized. Plus, he's just a chip of the allegorical oracle Nov 12 #9

Many of them voted for Trump. They got him! Jit423 Nov 12 #10