Traveling with the Veterans Admin.
Yesterday I got a call from someone in the VA wanting to know If I would participate in a survey. Skeptic that I am I asked him how he got my name. He told me that my files showed I had visited three ...
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edbehnke wrote:
I am also a traveling veteran and the 'travel coordinator' position in the VA is just a lot of hype.
I am in grand rapids, mi for awhile and the VA in michigan doesn't really know what a 'traveling coordinator' is or does. the patience advocate never returned my call and it is just a waste. thank god i have private insurance.
the bottomline, in my opinon, is that the VA does well when you jut need to see a doc every 6 months or just need meds, but when you have health issues like me it is worthless in gtting to see a specialist.
the VA needs to give eligible veterans an insurance card like my wife has in her VA 'ChampVA card'.
This may well have been hype also, but he told me it was a new effort to streamline service. I wasn't going to write anything but by him contacting me I thought it might be promising.
I do agree with what you say but maybe change is in the works.
Travel Safe . Bob
