Va Form 21 0510

Wish for a quick death.Whoever can really answer this will be an American hero.I am for the most part dependent upon the VA for my healthcare. I do have Tricare, but the deductibles for some of my service-connected aliments are steep - and should be picked up by the VA.Veterans’ Choice was supposed to give veterans the opportunity to seek out local medical care when the vet couldn’t get to see a doctor in a timely fashion.It was so horrible it changed its name to Care in the Community and the wait time is now 30 to 50% longer - and in my area, no one wants to work with the VA; they are slow to pay and their bureaucracy and instructions are unfathomable. A letter to me and my doctor did not contain things like how to get prescription medications, referral for PT, referral for a consult, labs, and more. Most of this will take months to suss out.The nearest VA hospital for me is over 200 miles and the Great Divide. Winter weather is challenging. It is May now and I have been waiting since November to get an authorization to see a physical therapist.The current buzz is that Congress wants to keep the hospitals funded and therefore is somewhat reluctant to fund private medical referrals. But at the same time, Congress isn’t doing enough to fund the VA system to ensure that healthcare is even marginally adequate for America’s veterans.It would likely be cheaper to pay for a Midas Healthcare Plan for every eligible veteran - 100% coverage, no deductibles, zero copays, everything covered, no cost to the veteran, etc. It would likely be cheaper than what the VA is costing now.

I was selected for a summer internship 2016.I tried to be very open while filling the preference form: I choose many products as my favorite products and I said I'm open about the team I want to join.I even was very open in the  location and start date to get host matching interviews (I negotiated the start date in the interview until both me and my host were happy.) You could ask your recruiter to review your form (there are very cool and could help you a lot since they have a bigger experience).Do a search on the potential team.Before the interviews,  try to find smart question that you are going to ask for the potential host (do a search on the team  to find nice and deep questions to impress your host). Prepare well your resume.You are very likely not going to get algorithm/data structure questions like in the first round. It's going to be just some friendly chat if you are lucky. If your potential team is working on something like machine learning, expect that  they are going to ask you questions about machine learning, courses related to machine learning you have and relevant experience (projects, internship). Of course you have to study that before the interview. Take as long time as you need if you feel rusty. It takes some time to get ready for the host matching (it's less than the technical interview)  but it's worth it of course.

This is a very complicated question because the VA is not a homogenous organization. I have worked in 3 VAs in 2 states and they are quite different:In general, I think the care at our academic VA was good because it was staffed by residents and professors who worked outside of the VA as well. The patients certainly had to wait and the VA staff (not the doctors) are notorious about working exactly 8 hours per day, and "working" needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Also the staff members who everyone else knew were useless could not be fired because the union would defend them at all costs. We did have a problem with things that were slightly out of the ordinary not being covered by the VA but luckily for our veterans the university hospital was the county hospital so they took care of emergencies. But the veterans always got their medicines and their surgeries. They had to wait but not as long as my uncle is waiting in Canada. At one point there was an 8 month wait to get cataract surgery, and an 18 month wait to get non-urgent oculoplastic surgery. We got that down to less than 1 month which is comparable to private practice in the area. I heard since I left the administration has really gone downhill and an optometrist is now in charge of the ophthalmology department. This is negatively affecting care. The outside VAs and VA clinics that would refer us patients really could not handle much in terms of urgent care or complex care. The doctors usually only worked at the VA and there were no residents. This in my opinion led to substandard care. We would routinely get patients from smaller VAs or satellite clinics that were grossly mismanaged. So it depends on the specific VA you are talking about. And the specific department. But yes the system is grossly overloaded. There is not enough staff, they don't work as hard as people in private practice. But all of my patients received excellent care. The problem in the news about wait times killing people, I could definitely see that happening. I have no idea how people ended up in my clinic but very few people had mild disease. They almost always had severe pathology, which means that somewhere along the way, they were not seen soon enough. The problem is that it takes an act of congress to get anything done to change the system (literally). If I were in charge I would evaluate every VA and if necessary close and restaff every single one. I would replace the antiquated electronic medical record system they have with one that can communicate with the rest of the  VAs across the country. I would hire many more staff and increase the number of skilled nursing facilities.

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That question is a tough one to answer. The reason is that the laws that Congress has passed are at the root of much of the problems that the veterans have with the VA. The VA must operate in compliance with the law. The VA can not effect change in many ways absent changes in the law.As an example: Current law as to the eligibility for clinical care is complex. This has required the VA to spend huge sums to determine eligibility for clinical care and to see that unauthorized care is not provided. The public has no idea as to what the government spends each year on people who do nothing more than simply determine the level for eligibility for clinical care.I will illustrate this with a simplified version, as actually the system is more complex that I am presenting it.There are eight (8) general levels of clinical care. Each veteran must be evaluated and placed in one of those eight levels of care.At each level of clinical care, a veteran becomes eligible for certain specific clinical services which must be provided that veteran and in addition, other clinical services which may be provided that veteran, but are not required to be provided. Other clinical services are not generally provided. As examples, the following are all clinical services which may or may not be provided: eyeglasses, hearing aids, and nursing home care.It should be noted that a 100% veteran will generally be provided all needed clinical care. But, veterans who are less than 100% will generally be provided less than 100% of their needed clinical care.It should also be noted that dental care is in a category by itself. Beyond the first year of release from military service, it is very hard for a veteran who is not 100% to obtain dental care.The application process for a veteran to be rated is exceedingly complex. It often takes years for a veteran to be rated. Appeals to ratings that are believed to be in error may add additional years tot he process. As a personal example, which is probably outside the normal process, one of my appeals, which was only related to care that should be provided, and not for an increase in pay, took eight (8) years to result in a favorable decision for me. It should be noted that the eight years was for the appeal and does not include the time for the first two favorable rulings.Yes, there are internal things that the VA could do which I have not addressed. I have focused on stating that Congress needs to change laws because I believe that is the root of the problem. Once that is fixed, then attention can be given to addressing internal issues that may still exist.