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VA Co-payment's possibly may raise
The Bush administration proposed budget is about to give veterans the opportunity to pay more for their medical care. This would be for the conditions the VA has determined to be not service connected and the veteran is under 50% service connected. The proposed co-payment going to a possible $15 per 30 day supply of medicine, $20 for a medical visit and an enrollment fee of $250. It is time to write you congressional representatives and complain! Many of you said the VA would never increase the prescription co-pay 350% but they did. The time to complain is now, tomorrow may be to late.
Dave Barker
posted Mon, 10 March 03 09:08 Monday, 10 March 2003 10:08
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Topic: VA Co-payment's possibly may raise
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The Bush administration proposed budget is about to give veterans the opportunity to pay more for their medical care. This would be for the conditions the VA has determined to be not service connected and the veteran is under 50% service connected.
The proposed co-payment going to a possible $15 per 30 day supply of medicine, $20 for a medical visit and an enrollment fee of $250. It is time to write you congressional representatives and complain! Many of you said the VA would never increase the prescription co-pay 350% but they did. The time to complain is now, tomorrow may be to late.
Dave Barker
posted Mon, 10 March 03 09:08 Monday, 10 March 2003 10:08
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PROPOSED BUDGET
IF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO COMPLAIN, NOW IS THE TIME WHILE IT IS A PROPOSAL. IF IT BECOMES LAW IT IS GONE FOREVER.
AS ONE WHO HAS HAD TO HELP A VETERAN GET PROMISED BENEFITS, I CAN TELL YOU IT IS DISHEARTENING AND WE MUST FIGHT JUST TO MAINTAIN CURRENT PROMISES.
COME ON GUYS AND GALS, E-MAIL LIKE HELL!?!
posted Mon, 10 March 03 12:27 Monday, 10 March 2003 13:27
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IT OCCURS TO ME TO ASK ALL MY ELECTED OFFICALS TO AGREE TO THE SAME ADJUSTMENT ON A PRO-RATA BASIS OF THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.
PERHAPS THIS APPROACH MIGHT TAKE THE FORM OF A REFERENDUM ON THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
WHAT SAY YOU? LET'S SEND E-MAILS TO O'REILLY AND LIMBAUGH AND CNN AND PBS?
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McElreathElmerC
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What happens when you don't have co-?
posted Mon, 10 March 03 14:36 Monday, 10 March 2003 15:36
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DaveBarker
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To Elmer:
There is a possibility in the future you may have a co-payment regardless of your income. The plans of the current administration are to have "veterans pay their share" in the VA healthcare budget. A sliding scale could be put into effect.
A possibility looms ahead that a service connected veterans regardless of percentage, could be treated for a non service connected issue and be charged a co-payment. In other words it is POSSIBLE in the future, a veteran could be 100% service connected for their PTSD and be charged a co-payment for the treatment received for their common cold.
It is also of sad note, this topic slid to nearly the bottom of the page in less than 24 hours. This shows me that interest in veterans health care does not rate very much attention from the masses.
Dave Barker
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Higher VA co-payments are here
According to the Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) in the May 20,2003 edition, the Bush Administration has asked for new co-payments to be imposed upon veterans. This is to offset the budget problems the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs said earlier this month recently did not exist.
The Bush administration is about to give veterans the opportunity to pay more for their medical care. This would be for the conditions the VA has determined to be not service connected and the veteran is under 50% service connected. The new co-payment going to $15 per 30 day supply of medicine, $20 for a medical visit and an enrollment fee of $250.
You were warned of this impending doom months ago. Many of you said the VA would never increase the prescription co-pay 350% but they did. If you care about veterans healthcare this is your last chance to stop the eroding benefits. I warned the members of Military.com of this situation March 10th
Dave Barker
posted Wed, 21 May 03 11:36 Wednesday, 21 May 2003 11:36 3145673
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Update on co-payments
In my previous post I stated enrollment fee $250. I should have stated annual enrollment fee of $250. Sorry about that.
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Topic: VA Co-payment's possibly may raise DaveBarker
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Clips on VA from the Columbus Dispatch...
Bush’s 2004 budget proposal, announced in February, would impose a $250 annual enrollment fee on veterans who don’t have service-related disabilities and generally have incomes above $24,000. Veterans in those low-priority groups also would see their co-payments for doctor visits rise to $20 from $15 and to $15 from $7 per 30-day prescription.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said the changes would help make up for insufficient financial resources and would reduce the backlogs that are forcing some patients to wait months for time-sensitive health-care services. The plan, which is subject to congressional approval, is designed simultaneously to reduce enrollment of less-needy patients and to raise more money.
When the stricter eligibility requirements were proposed in February, the department trumpeted them as a way to help focus its health-care assets on providing medical care to veterans who need it most.
J.P. Brown III, the Youngstown-based commander of Ohio AMVETS, said the cutbacks would have drastic effects on veterans, especially in northeastern Ohio, where unemployment is rising.
"A lot of these people are just barely making it now,’’ he said. Brown added that the changes might discourage young people from enlisting. "If they’re going to be reneging on these promises . . . what are the chances of us maintaining a strong and vital military superpower?’’ he asked.
The administration’s recent decision to stop enrolling Priority 8 veterans — those who weren’t seriously injured in service and whose incomes are relatively high — will make 4,000 Ohioans ineligible for VA health care.
Unlike the other proposed changes, the enrollment freeze didn’t require congressional backing and went into effect in mid-January.
Dave Barker
posted Thu, 22 May 03 06:04 Thursday, 22 May 2003 06:04
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