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Trump signs EO giving VETS access to Private sector care!
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:51 am
Campaign promise!!!
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 11:41 pm
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Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:52 am to MButterfly
He should go all the way and eliminate Veteran Hospitals completely. They deserve the best care they can get, which will always be private sector care.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:53 am to MButterfly
But I thought VA care was top notch?!
Good, our vets deserve great care for their service to our country.
Good, our vets deserve great care for their service to our country.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:06 am to MButterfly
quote:
Breaking : Trump signs EO giving VETS access to Private sector care!
Link?
Because there's no mention of it on the White House website. Nor anywhere else that I can find.
White House list of Executive Orders - Whitehouse.gov
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:13 am to skrayper
It was live on FBN
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:14 am to MButterfly
It's
About
Time
About
Time
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:16 am to MButterfly
quote:
It was live on FBN
Thanks man - here's a link to the video.
FBN's Twitter Post - 15 minutes ago
Gotta say, you work fast :)
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:18 am to MButterfly
We love our God Emperor, don't we folks? 
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:34 am to skrayper
Thanks for posting the link!
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:37 am to MButterfly
quote:
Trump signs EO giving VETS access to Private sector care!
What does this mean? Free care, through the VA, at private clincs/hospitals? More network access for Tricare holders?
What does "access" mean in the EO?
Don't get me wrong, this is great in theory. But if its along the same lines as the plan offered after the VA backlog nightmare, it was very ineffective. I ran a GI practice that was a large recipient of these backlogged vets, and it was an absolute clusterfrick.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 11:40 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:38 am to saints5021
quote:
He should go all the way and eliminate Veteran Hospitals completely
Indian doctors need somewhere to work!
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:40 am to MButterfly
what? like some kind of vet-medicare? via eo?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:43 am to idlewatcher
I thought at one time a veteran being treated at the VA could request a second opinion and referral to a private physician?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:46 am to MSMHater
quote:
What does "access" mean in the EO?
and what does it cost american taxpayers?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:49 am to MSMHater
quote:It means that no matter what Trump does, it's the greatest thing to happen in the history of America.
Trump signs EO giving VETS access to Private sector care!
What does this mean?
ETA: Obamabots worldwide are jealous of the level of blind faith.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 11:51 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:51 am to saints5021
quote:
He should go all the way and eliminate Veteran Hospitals completely. They deserve the best care they can get, which will always be private sector care.
Agreed, close down the VAs and just let us vets go where we want and our insurance pays the bill.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:51 am to Hawkeye95
quote:Shhhh...shhh...shh...The God Emperor has spoken.
and what does it cost american taxpayers?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:53 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
quote:I hope you're not implying that government run organizations aren't the best in the history of the world.
He should go all the way and eliminate Veteran Hospitals completely. They deserve the best care they can get, which will always be private sector care.
Agreed, close down the VAs and just let us vets go where we want and our insurance pays the bill.
Why do you hate America so much?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:54 am to Paluka
quote:
I thought at one time a veteran being treated at the VA could request a second opinion and referral to a private physician?
During the "wait time" fiasco, there was a program created that let vets go into the community for certain treatments and procedures that couldn't be done at the VA in an appropriate amount of time. Colonoscopies, for example.
My practice received 86 referrals in the first 2 days.
1) they had to be schedule and scoped within 30 days of the referral (not possible due to the practices other patients).
2) A precert had to be generated after the referral, and of course, no payment could be generated without a properly obtained precert, even though every patient was coming for a medical or preventative colonoscopy. Precert turnaround was 2 weeks+ at the time.
3) The VA repeatedly asked us to schedule patients while undergoing minor contract negotiations, then flat refused to reimburse for those patients or retro date the contract.
4) Payment only received for approximately 40% of the total procedures that were performed. It was so bad we had to drop the program after 60 days.
5) After the procedures, the vets could only f/u with the VA. Not the physicians who actually scoped them. The VA wouldn't pay for that visit, so they ended up back in the backlog, waiting for an appt to have their results interpreted by their VA PCP or GI if one was available.
They later cancelled the pilot project.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 11:57 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:57 am to MButterfly
seems pretty common sense to me.
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