I am a Army Vet 40 months service, that does not use any VA Benefits, I am on Medicare and have Supplement insurance, which I can afford to pay and happy to do it. Now, there are hundreds and maybe thousands of Veterans that can also to afford to pay the insurance, but prefer to us the VA Clinics and Hospitals. I have always believed that unless you have a Combat Wound or Active Duty injury,that requires continued Medial Treatment, Veterans should not use the VA facilities. Guys going for Drugs are Glasses are just spending Taxpayer Dollars.
If the Government could devise a method for the Active Duty Officer and enlisted to pay into a Insurance Fund, similar to Medicare, during their service time, this may allow for every Injured Combat Veteran to have Medical Care upon requirement and with the best Doctors and Medical Centers.
I have to wonder what President Obama and his Veterans Administration Chief, General Shinseki, was thinking. He has never been in touch with the Enlisted men. Remember this was the General that took the Black Beret away from the Army Airborne Rangers, I don’t think he knew the Ranger Units were active. The Army’s elite in Light Infantry. And he never ackowledeged his mistake. One of the Political Generals from Carter and Clinton.
