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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR MILITARY VETERANS. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG. (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2023 OP
About damned time! Maybe we should work on not creating so many of them. niyad Jan 2023 #1
You said it C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #5
Many Thanks for cross posting!! n/t GP6971 Jan 2023 #2
GREAT NEWS! VA coverage should be universal purr-rat beauty Jan 2023 #3
Isn't there a VA facility in Plattsburg, NY? C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #4
Why aren't you covered by the Mission Act? friend of a friend Jan 2023 #6

purr-rat beauty

(583 posts)
3. GREAT NEWS! VA coverage should be universal
Mon Jan 16, 2023, 01:04 AM
Jan 2023

The closest Med Center in NY for me is in Albany - a 2 1/2 drive away....there's one only 20 minutes from me in Vermont which when I needed it was not afforded to me. Many 5 hour drives for 45 min or less visits for specialty care. Waste of time and money.

 

friend of a friend

(367 posts)
6. Why aren't you covered by the Mission Act?
Mon Jan 16, 2023, 03:40 PM
Jan 2023

I have 2 VA doctors, my primary care doctor, and my psychiatrist. All of my specialty doctors are non-VA because the nearest VA specialty doctors are more than a 30-minute drive away or you can't get an appointment in 28 days or less. There is also emergency care and urgent care. Also, you get, I think it has gone up to 62 cents a mile travel pay, minus $6 for VA and non-VA doctors.

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