House passes 6 bills aimed at helping veterans
May 18, 2015 18:41:25 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 18:41:25 GMT -6
What has gotten into Congress? Are they off their rocker? This is positive stuff that may actually HELP people! (Kinda like a mugger asking what more he can do to make the experience comfortable? ..I just don't fully trust good things from Congress. Especially this current Congress.)
Still? Hey...some will benefit!
Apparently the ID thing is a major issue, and I vaguely recall my father citing that as one reason (aside from 200 miles each way, and months to wait just for a basic visit) in why he used private insurance and stayed away from the V.A. like the plague itself.
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Hey, that seemed like a no-brainer to me? Guy serves in the Military and has a Military ID. Guy leaves the Military and has a post-service Military ID for things like post access (at least how it used to work for what I saw in trucking?)
...and the VA is supposed to be there for veterans of the military. ...right?
So....... why for so did it take this law, to fix another law to see former military members get the ID for the medical they're supposed to have access to? fc/dunno
The logic escapes me in much of how this all came to what it has, but then, this isn't an uncommon occurrence with Government action, eh?
Still? Hey...some will benefit!
The House passed six bills aimed at veterans. One bill would give preference to government contractors who employ veterans on a full-time basis. Another bill would allow all veterans to receive official identification cards through the VA.
A third would require that written reprimands and admonishments received by VA employees be kept on file for as long as the person works for the VA. Under current policy, an admonishment only remains in an employee's file for two years and a reprimand for three years. Lawmakers said this hurts the VA's ability to get a true picture of an employee's performance history.
A third would require that written reprimands and admonishments received by VA employees be kept on file for as long as the person works for the VA. Under current policy, an admonishment only remains in an employee's file for two years and a reprimand for three years. Lawmakers said this hurts the VA's ability to get a true picture of an employee's performance history.
Apparently the ID thing is a major issue, and I vaguely recall my father citing that as one reason (aside from 200 miles each way, and months to wait just for a basic visit) in why he used private insurance and stayed away from the V.A. like the plague itself.
Under current law, veterans who do not qualify for a VA-issued ID card must carry other documents to prove their veteran status. Some of the documents contain sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers and service details that put veterans at risk for identity theft, Buchanan said.
Hey, that seemed like a no-brainer to me? Guy serves in the Military and has a Military ID. Guy leaves the Military and has a post-service Military ID for things like post access (at least how it used to work for what I saw in trucking?)
...and the VA is supposed to be there for veterans of the military. ...right?
So....... why for so did it take this law, to fix another law to see former military members get the ID for the medical they're supposed to have access to? fc/dunno
The logic escapes me in much of how this all came to what it has, but then, this isn't an uncommon occurrence with Government action, eh?
