Father of Spec. Tim Bowman wants the Veterans Administration to meet young veterans coming home from war to assess their medical needs rather than the veterans going in search for help at the V.A. when it is needed. Back home in Forreston, Illinois for just eight months, Tim shot himself with a handgun, in the office where he and his father worked as electricians after surviving the war in Iraq.
The problem as I see it, though, is the simple fact that the V.A. doesn’t want to treat the patients that DO find their way to the hospital doors. The idea that they will go out LOOKING for patients is ludicrous. Getting a prescription filled or refilled takes practically an act of congress and the nerves of a saint. Getting them to monitor existing conditions or diagnose new ones comes only on near death situations.
As long as they are working to protect “the bottom line”, they will be ignoring conditions that need to be addressed. Cost effectiveness equals “don’t spend” to the corporate America bean counters. One cannot even hope for lasting minor advances in care so long as their heads are up their collective asses counting the beans they ate for lunch.
Just forget it, Mr. Bowman. Too little, too late is the order of business.
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