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TreasonousBastard

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8. One thing we have here are local VA clinics set up all over the island. Primary care consults...

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 06:01 PM

Mar 2019

podiatry, mental health, bloodwork, phys therapy and a few other things are done in them, but radiology and most other specialties are in Northport.

I did have a special MRI done locally when Northport didn't have the equipment, and they are playing around with more local service.

My biggest complaint is that VA doctors are the only ones who can prescribe for the VA pharmacy and are not allowed to prescribe for a CVS pickup. I get all the diabetic test strips I need for a small copay, but I can't get them at WalMart or CVS without a local prescription. I just had to pay a hundred bucks for that icky prep stuff for a colonoscopy because I don't have Medicare D and the local guy didn't have the blessing of the VA.

(WalMart does sell it's own brand of meters, though, and test strips for them are only $15, not $95)

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The VA Is Privatizing Veterans' Health Care While Launching a Campaign to Deny It [View all] babylonsister Mar 2019 OP

Someone explain to me what joy people like the Koch bros get out of funding this shit. CurtEastPoint Mar 2019 #1

I use one of the better VA facilities at Northport and for quite a while they have... TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #2

You are aware, Corgigal Mar 2019 #3

I pay nothing for VA coverage and care. Kaleva Mar 2019 #6

Neither do I. Corgigal Mar 2019 #9

I am well aware of that, but I am also aware that as Korean and Viet Nam vets die off... TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #7

It's over a two hour drive to the nearest VA hospital for me. Kaleva Mar 2019 #5

One thing we have here are local VA clinics set up all over the island. Primary care consults... TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #8

It's not just a Trump plan, it's the Republicans' plan JHB Mar 2019 #4