Lot’s of good information in here.
Not exactly correct. Meds that are for you disability are zero. For instance I take BP meds, but my disability is for both knees. I pay for my BP meds but not anything to deal with my knees. UNLESS something has changed and they aren’t publicizing it. Watch your billing statements guys. Unless the docs put in the code for service connected you get charged, wrongly.
Finally decided at 68 to sign up for va medical. At the moment medicare is good but I felt that being in the system would help down the road if things change etc. Feels good knowing I have the VA to backup things. FWIW Medicare Part D maximum costs are drastically reduced in 2024 and down to 2K in 2025 for all Part D users.
I paid $1481 last year for prescriptions under Medicare part D
$600 year to date in 2024 due to some new meds.
It doesn’t look like my liver doctor wants me going outside of his hospital.
My primary recently gave me a prescription that he did not agree with so unless something changes I want be using the VA.
Thanks for your input on the Part D caps and I’m glad you got yourself enrolled through the VA as well. @kirk2579
Didn’t think much about the subject until the wife began chemo last month… makes lots of things become worthy of research…
Just when I was beginning to think the VA might be trying to get its $#!+ in one sock…
The VA will not get any better until FJB or anyone like him is gone. I’ve never seen a health care organization deteriorate so far, so fast, in my life…and I helped regulate the healthcare industry in Florida. If you use the VA make damned sure you have outside insurance as well as the VA has no incentive to get you well. Of course I’m speaking of the VA administrators. Most docs and nurses do care, but they are hamstrung by the bureaucracy.
I am 100% P and T. I have zero issues with the VA healthcare. I’ve no shortage of pills. I earned my disabled wheelchair placard damnit.
Because I live in NoWhereLeaveMeAlone, Alabama I have remote care from the VA. I have literally picked my own doctors for healthcare and the VA picks up the bill.
I have thoughts about the VA administration side. For instance why do they categorize Veterans by era? It’s like they profile Combat Veterans vs War Era Veterans (No Combat and No Deployment). Purple Heart recipients, injuries non combat related in a war zone and injuries non combat related aside what does have to do with anything? Is it the VA’s way of prioritizing care? I am clueless.
WW2 vets are THE priority. After that the pinging order is combat wounded and combat veterans. The separations were supposed to determine what you were eligible for, like Agent Orange for Vietnam vets. Why they do that I’ve no clue as everything is based on dates of service.
Being in the boonies, far from a facility, is the best in a VA world. The worst is being close to an outpatient clinic that doesn’t have everything you need.
I live in Tallahassee, they keep wanting to send me to Gainsville for treatments. The turnover at the outpatient clinics is horrendous. This facility normally has about 6-8 psychiatrists on staff. For the past 3 months there has been ZERO! Psychiatrist appointments are not eligible for Community Care! Someone needs to explain that one to me.
If it weren’t for the fact that I would spend a fortune in co-pays to stay outside the VA I wouldn’t use them.
Good to know.
I am sure the Feds just love this thread. Stop shooting people’s dogs Fed. Silly Feds. 
Look up your state locations
VA updating our home loan benefits.
If you haven’t already.