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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 3017498" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>True. But see my next post.</p><p></p><p>Patient data as of 2014. Half a million more patients treated that year in the non-service connected groups than in the service connected groups.</p><p></p><p>That HAS to be a burden on a system that was originally designed and intended to be a system to care for our nation's war wounded.</p><p></p><p>The common talking point in regards to the VA is always substandard care and/or long waiting lists for care. Opinions vary, but my opinion is that the quality of care and timeliness of care could be drastically improved for our wounded brothers and sisters if we ensured they were truly the highest priority in the system. Priority groups only partially serve that purpose.</p><p></p><p>When you have almost 3 1/2 million nonservice connected patients using the system that has to have an impact.</p><p></p><p>But, like TRidiot said, they'd probably just end up cutting the budget and impacting those we're trying to help. So in the end they'll probably just throw more money at it and 10-20 years from now when the GWOT bill comes due, we'll be complaining about the same things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 3017498, member: 42"] True. But see my next post. Patient data as of 2014. Half a million more patients treated that year in the non-service connected groups than in the service connected groups. That HAS to be a burden on a system that was originally designed and intended to be a system to care for our nation's war wounded. The common talking point in regards to the VA is always substandard care and/or long waiting lists for care. Opinions vary, but my opinion is that the quality of care and timeliness of care could be drastically improved for our wounded brothers and sisters if we ensured they were truly the highest priority in the system. Priority groups only partially serve that purpose. When you have almost 3 1/2 million nonservice connected patients using the system that has to have an impact. But, like TRidiot said, they'd probably just end up cutting the budget and impacting those we're trying to help. So in the end they'll probably just throw more money at it and 10-20 years from now when the GWOT bill comes due, we'll be complaining about the same things. [/QUOTE]
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