Veteran Health Care
Veteran Suicides – Who is to blame?
We are never going to stop all veteran suicides. However, I think we all agree that one…is one too many. Who is really to blame? The mother of a U.S. Navy Reservist who killed himself outside the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin last year has filed an $8.2 million wrongful death claim […]
One Returns
Punkin Squawkypants My pleasure to report our own Ex-PH2 has returned home and is busily recharging her phone and spoiling her kitty. I’ll let her tell of her adventures, something about a radiology incident and commanding her wheel chair driver like a tall ship’s helmsman, or some such. The important thing is she’s home now. […]
More Than 3 Dozen Military Hospitals to Stop Treating Retirees, Families, Memo Shows
Skippy sends us a link to a disturbing memo being distributed to the commanders of 50 military treatment facilities (MTF) by a Lt. Gen. Ronald Pace, who directs the Defense Health Agency. Of course, the specific MTFs affected are not mentioned. I get my health care and referrals from the clinic here at Pax River, […]
Puppies Assisting Wounded Service Members for Veterans Therapy Act – Funding Fraud
Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) seems to think it will be a good idea to throw $19,000,000.00 to paw at the critical shortage of puppies for damaged veterans crisis. The Bill passed the house and is on the way to the Senate. H.R. 4305 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a pilot […]
Another on the Sick List, Friday Update
Update- Just received a text from Ex. More tests are needed, and she may have to stay the weekend for a Monday release. Ex-PH2 has been feeling poorly of late, so she finally went to Lovell’s Women’s Health Center only to find her appointment had been mysteriously cancelled. Long story short, she wound up in […]
A Heads Up Alert
GDContractor sent this exposé of contamination at a base (K-2) in Uzbekistan that was awash in everything from rocket fuels to depleted uranium. https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article238510218.html A large percentage of the troops based there after 9/11/2001 are coming down with debilitating cancers and other illnesses. If you were there in Uzbekistan, get tested. Don’t delay. And please pass […]
VA to Share Veterans’ Information Without Consent
According to DisabledVeterans.org, the Veterans Affairs is planning to share veterans’ health information without their consent. Thousands of veterans were alarmed to learn VA is quietly rolling out is plan to automatically share veterans’ health information with third parties without written consent. You got that right. Thanks to the VA MISSION Act, VA will now […]
TRICARE for Gray Area Retirees
In most cases, while in the Selected Reserve, a Reservist is eligible for TRICARE Reserve Select. Once a Reservist transfers from the Ready Reserve (Troop Program Unit/Selected Reserve) to the Retired Reserve, he or she qualifies for TRICARE Retired Reserve. Based on the TRICARE website, this is available globally, is premium-based, and is open to […]
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