Veterans Treatment and VA
The cluster discusses US military veterans' post-service experiences, focusing on VA healthcare quality, benefits adequacy, eligibility debates, and criticisms of government support compared to sacrifices made.
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this is great, i think veterans should get the same treatment.
Hardly. Some of us are things like protected wartime veterans.This is one of the more shallow insights I’ve seen on HN recently, and is quite offensive.
User as in, you're a veteran, or you work for the VA? What problems do you see with the current system?
i wonder what they consider veteran.
I wonder how much of this is also veterans.
Things don't get better if you don't complain. All of my siblings have come back from military service (marines, army rangers, navy) worse off, and the benefits in no way compensate them for what they lost. I recommend it to no one. The best military service is the service you did not perform. The VA is notorious for being terrible. The US has non profits for wounded/disabled veterans because care and support (most importantly around mental health) the government should be providi
Welcome to the US military and being a veteran. There's a reason they call it a sacrifice.
What's your point? Neither is "military veteran".
this is what the va is for , americans pay piles of money in taxes , and still the helping vets scams exist .
Around these parts, "veteran" is usually used to designate military servicepeople that served during times of active conflict, yet it seems pretty much any soldier that was honorably (or, at least, not dishonorably) discharged, is able to access the VA health system (we have a VA hospital in my town, and I know quite a few veterans). I'm not so sure about other benefits, like schooling, loans, and insurance.My father[0] was a veteran. He's buried in Arlington. Got a silver