Health Care debate
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 […]
Something to Jump Start Your Day
Health care insurance is a big issue with voters who are Democrats or leaning toward that side of the fence. This article from NPR examines that issue from several angles, but does not go into real details about it, mostly skimming the surface with two types of offers: Medicare For All with no public option, […]
What does it matter if I am nothing?
This article is to inform you all on how socialized medicine really works these days. It is almost this bad in the UK, but there is private insurance available for those who can afford to pay for it. At the same time, in the UK, you frequently have no choice about treatment for you or […]
Free health care for illegals? What about the elderly?
Our own Poetrooper is up and about, spitting fire just like his old self. Good to see, Poe. The target of his ire is two-fold- the brutal costs of long term healthcare, and Democrat Presidential Candidates and their Free Shit Army. And so… Poetrooper Last week, my wife and I visited her elderly, lifelong severely […]
House Passes Legislation to Extend “PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE” to Vietnam Veterans
In what appears to be a public cacophony of back-slapping and self-aggrandized adulation, people are to have “PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE” to Agent Orange even in the face of evidence that they were never exposed. Today, Chairman Mark Takano (D-Cali.) and Ranking Member Dr. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) released the following statements after the House passed the […]
Texas veteran experiences long phone time calling VA – A sign of how much better the VA has become under Trump.
For decades the media seemed to have little trouble finding cases of veterans who died of old age in one of their waiting rooms. A local veteran is raising concerns about a long wait time for medical help. Chris Symons of College Station told KBTX that he waited more than an hour on the phone […]
Georgia bill would require men to report every release of sperm
HB 604 would amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia so that “any male 55 years of age or older shall immediately report to the county sheriff or local law enforcement agency when such male releases sperm from his testicles.” I know one of our TAH members that needs to […]
Elderly Veterans Commit Suicide At A Higher Rate Than Non-Veterans
There’s been an alarming rise in the suicide rate among younger veterans. But elderly veterans commit suicide at a rate higher than the non-veteran population. The VA wants to find out how to stop it. Here they go again. What we really have is an alarming amount of money being spent on doing these studies. […]
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