Comments on: Will A Veteran Benefit From Medicare? http://www.seniorcorps.org/medicare/will-a-veteran-benefit-from-medicare/ Helping Seniors Help America Thu, 09 May 2013 07:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JOHN FRANCIS http://www.seniorcorps.org/medicare/will-a-veteran-benefit-from-medicare/#comment-4648 JOHN FRANCIS Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:01:57 +0000 http://www.seniorcorps.org/?p=1059#comment-4648 The last statement is not factual and is an absolute lie. "If not, they pay the medical fees out of pocket" This is just simply not true in the case of an emergency up and to the point where the veteran's "emergency" is "stabilized". At that point the veteran is expected to transfer to a V.A. facility. If he/she doesn't, then un-covered costs will be realized by the vet. EVEN then, if the veteran "requires" more medical care at "a" VA hospital AND there are no "available" rooms or if the VA hospital "cannot" otherwise provide service to the vet, there is a process to get a longer stay approved(and paid for) by the VA. The last statement is not factual and is an absolute lie.

“If not, they pay the medical fees out of pocket”

This is just simply not true in the case of an emergency up and to the point where the veteran’s “emergency” is “stabilized”.

At that point the veteran is expected to transfer to a V.A. facility. If he/she doesn’t, then un-covered costs will be realized by the vet.

EVEN then, if the veteran “requires” more medical care at “a” VA hospital AND there are no “available” rooms or if the VA hospital “cannot” otherwise provide service to the vet, there is a process to get a longer stay approved(and paid for) by the VA.

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