I found Jaxan Christensen”s letter regarding the Affordable Care Act in the May 20th edition of the Record Bee quite interesting. Apparently I am a victim of it. It”s just awful as I still get to see the same doctor that has provided excellent care to our family from sports physicals for our children in high school (oldest son will soon be 31) to my fathers care as Alzheimer”s slowly took him from us. And I still have access to our local hospitals. Said doctor continued to provide wonderful care to me the 6 years I was excluded from participating in the health care market by the health care policy because I had the audacity to actually use the health care plan provided to our family through my husband”s employment before his retirement and introduction to Medicare. That old ?pre-existing condition” bugaboo.
I pay a premium to Blue Cross, a private for profit company ? just one of the many large health policy providers that declined to sell me a policy before the ACA. I still get the same quality service this family has been afforded for a long time from our local health care providers. My ?health care management” is in the hands of said for profit company, not “… the hands of the federal government”.
I am the descendant of veterans, starting with the Revolutionary War, am a veteran myself (with no conditions that require care from a VA clinic) and both sons are veterans of the war in Iraq, youngest also got an all expense paid tour of Afghanistan – incursions into what they referred to as ?places that would make Hell blush from inadequacy.” I too am livid at the happy horsepucky being fed to us with regard to the epic fail at the VA, it has literally brought me to tears at times.
Anytime there is something on the TV with regard to those two damnable wars or anything involving veterans I make sure to watch it. One activist veteran recently proffered an interesting thought ? let veterans go to the doctor of their choice (be it a regular family practitioner or a specialist for their malady) and have that doctor bill the VA. If the government run provider of services to our veterans can”t cut the mustard let us see what the private market can do.
You know, the same private market that the Affordable Care Act has allowed me to access. Of course I have heard nothing but good things about our local veteran”s clinic so perhaps we can have a flexible system that allows local decisions, keep your clinic or hospital if it works ? if it isn”t working, go to a private for profit.
I”d be very interested if the writer had any alternative thoughts regarding getting our veterans the best and highest quality care they most decidedly deserve. Complaining is the easy part ? getting down to solutions will require hip-waders.
Donna Christopher
Lucerne
