Posted by
leroitroisieme on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:36:11 PM
Letter-to-the-Editor:
I read comments by Gov. Dean on about how great the Veteran’s Administration’s system is. Obviously, his comments were not based upon personal experience and he probably has not had a relative treated in VA hospital.
My father is a combat veteran. Dealing with the VA, when it comes to healthcare services, my mother has had to fight every time for my father’s healthcare with a nightmarish bureaucracy. Just about every time, my mother would spend countless hours dealing with every issue that came up, because the VA bureaucracy does not give anything anyway without a fight.
Like all people who support the public option, they like to say that the Veteran’s administration is just so wonderful. Obviously, these same people have never had to deal with it like my family has. The VA is the perfect example of what I do not want to this country’s healthcare system to turn into.
My mother could make an exhaustive list of all the fights that she has had to insure that my father received his healthcare benefits. You may ask my mother. My mother’s and father’s experiences are fact, provable, and well-documented!
I am sure that my father is not an exception. I know that there are many other combat veterans who have had the same problems. I am sure that this is caused by the Government bureaucracy. Also, I know that the VA healthcare delivery is understaffed. This means wait list for out nation’s veterans. My father and my family know all about them.
Now, Governor Dean, imagine a loved one waiting for essential care and fighting all the time for care that my father has earned through his service for our country. Governor, my family knows all about it, because we have lived it for the past four decades.
James F. King III