Monday, June 09, 2025

Not right!!!


I'm lucky as we have, in West Haven, CT, a really good VA resource as said enterprise is connected to Yale New Haven Health, which means the young docs, interns, techs and nurses coming out of there are top notch and really care. When spending time at this VA, one sees how universal HC works in practice because the professionals there don't have to deal with insurance companies but rather to us "wonderful" rubes as needs warrant. Needless to say, this differs from HC in the public sector unless one has good insurance, something becoming increasingly difficult to come by given just how greedy the insurance companies truly are. With this being said, yours truly had to update the online connect to the VA, a rather arcane process for me (4 tries) but for folks not knowing tech ... a CF of epic proportions. Prior to Trump, vets needing to link to the VA could talk on the phone to get the info needed to make the connection but now, vets have to drive to the VA resource of choice to get the same info they used to get on the phone. Now, think of the people who are disabled, who have to make the trip in person ...

Anger does NOT BEGIN to address the outrage this vet feels as this is not right! I've talked to some of the VA people who help me out and they are just as angered as well. Not right, as stated before, applies.

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