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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 3303791" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>That's the public perception, but in fact there are multiple priority groups, and you can get care in the lower groups even if you don't have a rated service connected condition or financial hardship. There are some blanket qualifications such as service in Vietnam between '62 and '75 or the Persian Gulf between '90 and '98, vets within 5 years of discharge, and interestingly anyone who served at least 30 days active duty at Camp Lejeune between '53 and '87 (Group 6).</p><p></p><p>In 2017, the VA treated something like 3.2 million vets in the 3 main service connected groups, 1 through 3.</p><p></p><p>They also treated almost 2.75 million in the remaining groups, 4 through 8 (very rough numbers)....including over 800,000 patients in group 8C which is specifically for those who "don't have a service-connected condition" and over 250,000 non-veteran patients.</p><p></p><p>Like tRidiot mentions, the red tape and bureaucracy has become so entrenched that I think the organization needs to be restructured into providing care exclusively for groups 1 through 3 and outsourcing the rest to competent private care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 3303791, member: 42"] That's the public perception, but in fact there are multiple priority groups, and you can get care in the lower groups even if you don't have a rated service connected condition or financial hardship. There are some blanket qualifications such as service in Vietnam between '62 and '75 or the Persian Gulf between '90 and '98, vets within 5 years of discharge, and interestingly anyone who served at least 30 days active duty at Camp Lejeune between '53 and '87 (Group 6). In 2017, the VA treated something like 3.2 million vets in the 3 main service connected groups, 1 through 3. They also treated almost 2.75 million in the remaining groups, 4 through 8 (very rough numbers)....including over 800,000 patients in group 8C which is specifically for those who "don't have a service-connected condition" and over 250,000 non-veteran patients. Like tRidiot mentions, the red tape and bureaucracy has become so entrenched that I think the organization needs to be restructured into providing care exclusively for groups 1 through 3 and outsourcing the rest to competent private care. [/QUOTE]
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