Comments on: Come in, Walter, sit down… http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/ In need of a pause. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:55:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Teresa http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/comment-page-1/#comment-13053 Teresa Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:44:20 +0000 http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/#comment-13053 I think Caltechgirl is right. Naturally no matter what hospital, you get good and bad caregivers. (Just as there are good and bad VA hospitals) However, if you go around to the blogs and read what difficulties regular people with regular insurance end up enduring in order to get a doctor to take them seriously... what chance does a soldier or vet have in a place dominated by red tape and governmental controls? Especially when there is no incentive to make things better. I've always said, when someone starts jawing about the government running health care - talk to someone who has to deal with the VA for their health care - then tell me how things will be "better". *sigh* I think Caltechgirl is right. Naturally no matter what hospital, you get good and bad caregivers. (Just as there are good and bad VA hospitals) However, if you go around to the blogs and read what difficulties regular people with regular insurance end up enduring in order to get a doctor to take them seriously… what chance does a soldier or vet have in a place dominated by red tape and governmental controls? Especially when there is no incentive to make things better.

I’ve always said, when someone starts jawing about the government running health care – talk to someone who has to deal with the VA for their health care – then tell me how things will be “better”. *sigh*

]]> By: Vickie http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/comment-page-1/#comment-12976 Vickie Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:41:30 +0000 http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/#comment-12976 I was just over at WR's and saw your comment where you mentioned Eisenhower I am going to be hanging around to see what you have to say about the place. I am a RN and lived in the Augusta-Martinez-Evans area for 15 years. I was very familiar with that facility, the VA hospitals, and the private hospitals---I know what my opinions are....BTW---I took a look around and enjoyed your blog, I will linking you so I can find my way back I was just over at WR’s and saw your comment where you mentioned Eisenhower I am going to be hanging around to see what you have to say about the place. I am a RN and lived in the Augusta-Martinez-Evans area for 15 years. I was very familiar with that facility, the VA hospitals, and the private hospitals—I know what my opinions are….BTW—I took a look around and enjoyed your blog, I will linking you so I can find my way back

]]> By: caltechgirl http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/comment-page-1/#comment-12971 caltechgirl Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:21:13 +0000 http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/#comment-12971 Having been associated in my time with one of the best public hospitals in the country and one of the worst, my impression of the VA system is that falls somewhere in between, and that apathy is the worst problem. I feel like the VA caregivers get bored with the unbelievable BS that they have to go through, compared to civilian hospitals. On some level, I think they really DO care about the patients, but some feel their hands are tied by red tape, or that if they go to great lengths to utilize scarce resources on a patient, that they will be chastised. As opposed to the aforementioned WORST public hospital, where the staff could really just not give a shit and are more interested in napping on the job than watching heart monitors.... Having been associated in my time with one of the best public hospitals in the country and one of the worst, my impression of the VA system is that falls somewhere in between, and that apathy is the worst problem. I feel like the VA caregivers get bored with the unbelievable BS that they have to go through, compared to civilian hospitals. On some level, I think they really DO care about the patients, but some feel their hands are tied by red tape, or that if they go to great lengths to utilize scarce resources on a patient, that they will be chastised. As opposed to the aforementioned WORST public hospital, where the staff could really just not give a shit and are more interested in napping on the job than watching heart monitors….

]]> By: Rys http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/comment-page-1/#comment-12966 Rys Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:26:59 +0000 http://blog.whenthesmokeclears.us/2007/03/12/come-in-walter-sit-down/#comment-12966 Awaiting your stories, blogdaddy. Awaiting your stories, blogdaddy.

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