Community Care in Crisis
Community Care problems delivering necessary care for our veterans.
The veterans eligibility includes all veterans regardless of their priority category. The eligibility requirements are lumped into one.
Outsourcing veterans who do not have a "service-connected condition" should not be eligible. Outsourcing should be limited to veterans who have a service-connected condition.
Veterans who do not have a service condition could still receive treatment at VA facilities. Many are eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance, so they still have many sources for care.
Cobinding non-service conditions with service-connected conditions creates an overload of numbers that is impossible for community care to handle. The mission first is to our veterans, especially our priority one veterans.
Priority one veterans: You have a service-connected disability that we've rated as 50% or more disabling or
You have a service-connected disability that we've concluded makes you unable to work (also called unemployable) or
You received the Medal of Honor (MOH)
These veterans should not be denied community care for any reason. Their disability should be the only requirement.
Priority groups four through eight do not have a service condition and are therefore not eligible for community care. However, they have Medicaid, Medicare, VA facilities, or private insurance, so they still have many sources for care.
Community Care problems delivering necessary care for our veterans.
The veterans eligibility includes all veterans regardless of their priority category. The eligibility requirements are lumped into one.
Outsourcing veterans who do not have a "service-connected condition" should not be eligible. Outsourcing should be limited to veterans who have a service-connected condition.
Veterans who do not have a service condition could still receive treatment at VA facilities. Many are eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance, so they still have many sources for care.
This is not a novel solution VA Dental only treats veterans with a 100% disability. Community Care should only out-source veterans with service connected conditions. A service connected ccondition is the only criteria to be eligible.
