The Pros And Cons Of The VA System

It requires a deep imagination to put a body back together when there are only bits and pieces are left. The V.A. is not just about the physical well-being, but the mental well-being of the military personnel. As Phillip Longhorn has made his argument for keeping the V.A. intact, for a multitude of reasons, the mental health, the general care for veterans and extreme increase in money paid to private outfits. Given the fact that PTSD is now a well-known illness, mental health is half the battle of a veteran. Longhorn stated the V.A. had an over 30% superior rating, compared to any private mental health facility. When the V.A. provides exceptional treatment, it seems silly to send veterans to a less qualified facility. Especially when the therapists and doctors cater to PTSD. As we move to the general health of a veteran, the RAND study, gave a close look at the unique capabilities of the V.A. has to offer, and the rating of the care taken of the patients. In just about every aspect, wellness, eyes, diabetes out performs independent and private outfits. If the V.A. were to privatized, it would dismantle a medical relationship that lasts almost a life time. But it would also cause different havoc like sky rocketing costs to the V.A. that

In today's society where opinion matters, people have been extremely vocal about the lack of support the government has provided to our veterans. Many feel as if the government should do more, while others feel as if they are doing enough. Everyone will have a difference of opinion no matter if they have severed in the military or not. No matter how one may feel, is extremely important to take care of our veterans. As they have sacrificed their lives, time, and family to protect our country. Contrary to one's belief, the government provides a substantial amount of programs, which support the veterans. Honestly more could be done. On any given day you could see women and men standing on the corner holding signs implying they are homeless veterans and will work for food. A few programs the government offers our veterans are funding for mental health services, The Wounded Warrior Project and Vocational Rehabilitation and Education, which will be discussed throughout this essay. When you research the programs, they make it sound as if all proceeds are going towards the best treatment and care money could buy.

The VA System needs a complete over all we are doing a terrible disservices to our veteran’s.

In the past few years there has been increasing discussion about how to provide adequate care for the increasing number of veterasn who are eligible for care through the Veterans’ healthcare administration (VHA). There are concerns is that the VHA is not providing the level of access, efficiency, and quality of care that veterans expect. Lee & Begley, (2016) suggest access to care for the veteran population may be resulting in poor health outcomes. In response to these concerns, the Veterans ' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act (VACAA) of 2014, also known as the Veterans Choice Act, was created to improve Veterans’ healthcare. The VACAA proposed to do this by expanding the number of options veterans have for receiving healthcare, by providing access for healthcare at non-VA care centers as well as providing for an increase in staffing at VA facilities (U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016).

The main research questions in this study are: 1) is veteran healthcare equal to private healthcare; 2) do veterans have to wait longer for treatment options; and 3) do veterans have limited treatment options? It is hypothesized that veterans receive inferior healthcare services compared to private healthcare and the community is unaware of the disparities.

One of the most serious problems facing all veterans today is the lack of proper healthcare. Soldiers, sailors and airmen are leaving active duty without having proper healthcare to cover their physical or mental injuries. The department responsible for veteran’s healthcare is the Department of Veterans Affairs. (VA) According to The department of Veterans Affairs website, “The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational

The VA health care program is a disaster. Some candidates want to get rid of it, but our veterans need the VA to be there for them and their families. That’s why the Trump plan will:

Every day at the Veterans Affair Hospital, veterans are being sent away with little to no treatment. Or when they do receive treatment, it is using archaic and outdated techniques. The patients are not being treated fully, so they are forced to return at a later time with the same ailment. In a recent article, it outlined that some people were removed from the treatment list and later died from conditions that could have been treated. There was, also, a misappropriation of funds shown in the article. The hospital spent $10 million dollars on a MRI machine It was shown on the VA website that if a veteran wanted to see a primary care physician that average wait time was 10.15 days, however in a different article it was shown that scheduling clerks

Leadership in the United States government needs to find the issues with the VA a problem. The VA needs to be properly cleaned out and reorganized. The process will be costly, but at least, the money will be spent on something that will change. Right now there is no change, and veterans are dying. PTSD needs to get addressed and suicide prevention should get increased. The 22 veterans that kill themselves needs to be 0 veterans a day. That change starts with the citizens of Minnesota and of the United States as a whole. The President, the commander and chief, needs to have the priority of keeping the veterans on the country alive. It starts with the main man himself, his leadership is reflected in the admirations under him. If a leader gets into office, then we will have a chance to make the VA into what it was made to

It is difficult to categorize the Department of Veterans Affairs into one specific industry, as they provide veterans numerous services that include healthcare, compensation, home loans, survivor benefits, and burial benefits. However, when people consider the VA they oftentimes relate it specifically to the healthcare industry. Whereas, the VA can also be categorized as a government agency, because it is within the Cabinet department of the United States government. Though much like every other organization in the world they have their share of issues to overcome, including environmental factors and program funding.

In sum, the Veteran population growth from the last 15 years has swelled to astronomical numbers that the VA has not seen since WWII. The resources needed to take care of this population is going to take millions to set right and the fact that there is dishonesty in the claims that some veterans receive is disconcerting but social worker helping this population should never let up in helping to veterans receiving their legal rights to that benefit given to them by law.

"Their attitudes are crappy," one woman said. "You have to get rid of them." A 25-year-old veteran, Marshall Stipes, acknowledged that he's gotten excellent care from some VA doctors. But mistakes by one bad one forced him to undergo a spine operation by a non-VA surgeon, he said, causing his family to "go broke." Stipes described endless phone calls to the VA because he was repeatedly passed off to someone else. The problems never should have gotten so bad that a hospital director would need to give out his cellphone number, he said” (Vets air out frustrations at Hampton VA forum, 2014). I as well just had an issue with a doctor, to start off I had to wait three months to see my primary care doctor for a routine visit. I explained to him that I have been in and out of the hospital and ER the last couple of months for my hip and lower back pain. I also told him that my hip pain has got a lot worse since the last time I saw him and my spasms in my back have caused me at times not being able to walk, when those times hit me my pain meds fail to work. After the exam was done I asked him if I could maybe get an MRI on my hip to see what is going on, he then answers me and says “You do not need an MRI your x-ray from six months ago looks fine it is just a little pain” and this is a constant issue that not only I have to deal with but other Veterans have to as well. Not only are the wait times to see a doctor could range anywhere from two weeks to three months is the way Veterans get their medication. There is only one window where you can pick up your medication, this window is only open from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday thru Friday and closed on the weekends. If you go to the ER and have to get meds your wait time could be anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours, and during the week since the

A veteran if someone who served in the military, without our U.S. veterans we could not call ourselves free. These people have risked their lives for us and our country, yet their government does not help them. These people have risked everything for us, the least we can do is help. The VA (Department of Veteran Affairs) is a department set up by our government to help our veterans, but the VA is failing. The lack of money, and the lack of a trustworthy head, is not helping our veterans as the organization should be should be

In particular, the password set up are not consistently implemented across multiple VA systems; specialized training for IT staffs is ineffectively performed, and inactive user accounts are still in the system12. Besides, many of VA’s systems are deficient and outdated, leading to the inability to fully capture all financial information in the financial system; to update and adjust all balances and entries in the core financial system. Therefore, it causes the risk of processing errors and misstatements in the financial statements. Moreover, VA is lack of accountability and strength financial controls over the beneficiary programs. It is inefficient to develop an effective information security program and system security controls interconnections with university affiliates. Furthermore, VA policies and procedures are not designed effectively and efficiently to provide adequate controls over the authorization, placing VA at significant risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. VA has the weaknesses in policies and oversight governing medical equipment pose risks to Veteran's safety13. Lastly, the quality of benefit claiming and accessing to health care services has been delay for long time. Also, the current VA’s recruiting and

For a while, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has underestimated the demand for health care appointments for our returning service members, veterans and their dependents. Patient wait times have been a long-standing concern at the VA. Although they are working diligently and exhausting every effort to correct their wrong, there are still areas with the health system that are preventing Veterans from receiving timely access to healthcare and this issue needs to be evaluated and brought up-to-date. Closing this gap of healthcare access issues has become a major priority for many government agencies, medical researchers, other VA organizations, and affiliated community groups despite the commitment from Congress and multiple stakeholders.