Jen, I can tell you firsthand that gov. run healthcare is shitty. How do I know? There are 2 letters that explain it:VA. The VA provided healthcare that veterans get for life is absolutely fucking abysmal.
The wait for services is incredibly long(It took me 6 fucking months to get a goddamn X-ray of my knee and I have preference because I'm an OIF vet.)so god knows how long it takes for WWII, Korea and Vietnam vets.
They use the same kind of treatment that would be seen on active duty; namely the "prescribe painkillers till the problem goes away" type treatment.
They don't really bother to try and treat something unless you are on the brink of death.
They don't have a very good track record for keeping their shit together; it seems to be procedure to lose hundreds of thousands of vets records which resulted in thousands of people being the victims of identity theft.
After experiencing firsthand the abuses of the VA system, I'm gonna have to stick with privatized healthcare.(I also used to be enrolled in the state run system, MediCal, when I was a kid and that was an even bigger clusterfuck.)
It's amazing that people want the same Gov. that stiffed its vets returning home from WW1 of their pay and then shot them when they protested, to be in charge of their health and wellbeing.
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Last edited by The Conquistador; 10-20-2009 at 01:55 AM.
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