Ever heard of that concept? It’s what the Affordable Care Act is all about. The government is eventually the one in charge of medicine and health care starting in 2014. What, then, to make of member Joe Average Vet’s contribution on how to sign up and obtain it? Considering the grinder VA puts us through to obtain anything, be it medical or compensatory, imagine a civilian with nothing more than name, rank, airspeed and tail number waltzing in to a VAMC and receiving care. Not only that but hornswoggle them out of a brain surgery and other valuable considerations for years and years. What? No 214? Ne problemo.
Do you think you or I could pull this off ? It makes you wonder. Apparently, if not for a greedy insurance company, he’d still be hitting on them. What gets me is that the VAOIG acts as though they Sherlocked this one out with no help from anyone. Right. Anyway, it’s very instructional if anyone feels daring. Steal from your friends. Steal from your state government. Steal from anyone but the U.S. Govt.
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Bethanie Spangenberg
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Wesley McCauley
Veterans Claims Help 
As long as the VA has an insurance card, you will be treated with kidd gloves. The VHA loves to dole out bills to the Vet’s insurance company…..Need a specialist pronto? You get one, how bout two or three? However with no insurance card then rots of ruck even seeing a PA once every QTR! No service connection thing and no insurance card thingie means that if a vet has HCV then his/her liver will heal itself in no time, kumbaya. Why you can live for 50-60 years with HCV, no problemo, just ask the VA! Chirrosis? Hell, your prognosis is good!
An insurance card trumps two forms of picture IDs anytime! Bill now, collect later…..
Vermonters have been working towards the goal of universal health for all residents for years. Single payer is in the works and will save residents a lot of money. I’m in favor of this experiment because the current national system is broken. With Vermont’s small population, it should work. In fact, if anyone knows someone who is very sick and can’t get good coverage where they live, they may need to move. Vermont’s Catamount Health–(Blue Cross/or MVH HMO) is one option I know about. Catamount beats the high deductible plans in coverage. Premiums are based on income. Health care security is a win-win for residents.
http://www.catamounthealth.org/catamount-health-comparison.html
I think Mass. has universal health coverage too.