[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-12 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives? They risked

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-12 Thread WillyTex
So you do support socialized medicine. raunchydog wrote: Does Mike support socialized roads, police and fire departments, public schools as well as VA hospitals? Maybe, but I doubt it. Socialized medicine infers that there is universal and free health care paid for by the federal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-12 Thread Mike Dixon
No, I don't support socialized roads other than interstate highway system. Eisenhower pushed for that to be able to mobilize the military and move it quickly. He got the idea from Germany. Roads, police, fire departments, education should be left to the states to decide for themselves without

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he needs to see as doctor. Doesn't cost him a penny. That's correct.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Hospitals so degrading and poorly run that the definition of the group researched in this study was Veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 who were uninsured in 2008. Veterans were only classified as uninsured if they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 8:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: I think that pretty much says it all about the quality of VA care. 1,461,615 people went with- out health care rather than take advantage of the free health care at the VA. It's interesting how we can use Militarism to rake in $billions$ for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: I beleive veterans have the VA. A friend of mine that served during Vietnam goes to the VA whenever he needs to see as doctor. Doesn't cost him a penny. Like other uninsured Americans, most uninsured vets are working

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Hospitals so degrading and poorly run that the definition of the group researched in this study was Veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:15 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: NO, no, and no. The VA is now a model of fine care and excellent outcomes. It was totally restructured some years ago. Yes, the old guys had bad experience at the VA but no longer. We now point to the VA model for a number of things that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Mike Dixon
If the VA needs to be better then fix IT but don't *F* it up for the rest of the Nation. From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 5:40:30 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives? They risked theirs so we could live ours, but you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to deserve being taken care of the rest of their lives?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread Vaj
On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Um Vaj, they don't have to go to the VA. But it's there if they don't have any other insurance. What did they do to