Comments on: Veterans Care Panel Wants Red Tape Slashed

Presidential Commission Urges Broad Changes Making Treatment More Accessible For Wounded Soldiers

[fastfredy1]

Just had my VA disability lowered today. Someon in an office in Roanoke VA decided I am better from service related injuries. But I go next week to get more injections in my spine so I can atleast walk...Hmmmmmmm

[ramos937]

I can already predict the course of this report. The commission will document needed administrative and other changes that would require extensive dollars to fulfil. The President will accept the report in a photo-op, make strong statements about adopting its recommendations. An "Executive Order" will go out. And then, nothing, if anything, will be done to implement the meat of the proposals.

I do not fault VA personnel. These folks are understaffed, underfunded and overworked. They have not, and never will, receive the resources to make the system really work.

[homespunlady]

VA has its problems but the military PRIVATELY RUN HMO known as TriCare is worse. Ironically it's the military veterans that have been abused by TriCare and shunted in desperation over to the VA that are a REAL hidden problem. The injured Iraq war veterans HAVE TO pass through the TRICARE system FIRST and if my experiences with that "SICKO BUREAUCRACY" is any indication much of the problems that STARTED this investigation can be found rooted in the military TRICARE Bureaucracy. There are unbelievable hoops set up to jump through and it only gets WORSE the more Dependant or helpless you are. Yes, if you're young healthy and fast thinking they bend over back wards if you're not, you're "forgotten", delayed, ignored, disqualified, and told to call back next month for an appointment where you're told whatever it was you needed ISN'T COVERED BY THEIR PLAN.