I finally filed a claim with the VA

[The River]

13. You're Right

especially about this

"Most of the complaints I hear from the Veterans are about the third party contractor who actually handles the coordination of the outside appointment."

That's the same thing I'm hearing. 3rd party contractors who take forever to coordinate a service, get authorization to pay for and then schedule a service.

I like that the VA is proactive regarding healthcare. Age appropriate tests and procedures are automatically scheduled. The system makes everything available to all the other Dr.'s. I had a test yesterday at one VA facility and met today with a surgical specialist at different VA facility. He had all my test results. My meds are in the mail....

Try getting that kind of service from 2 different private hospitals.