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| Acton Vet Finally Gets VA Doctor's Appointment -- 2 Years After He Died |
| 2014-07-02 |
| [BOSTON.CBSLOCAL] "He was steadfast. He took care of us, all of these years." Suzanne Chase of Acton was talking about her husband, Doug, a Vietnam veteran who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011. In 2012, she tried to move his medical care to the Veterans Affairs hospital in Bedford. "It was so difficult for him to take the ambulance ride into Boston, we wanted to be closer." They waited about four months and never heard anything. Then Douglas Chase died in August 2012. But two weeks ago, he got a letter, from the VA in Bedford, saying he could now call to make an appointment to see a primary care doctor. "It was addressed to my husband and I opened it," said Suzanne Chase. "I was in complete disbelief." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 No, RJ. Obama may have made the problem worse but it was there long before he got in office. Hell, before he was born. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-07-02 16:12 |
| #2 We will examine our process, do what we can to fix it, and institute measures to prevent this from happening again. just impeach Obama, the problem will be fixed. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-07-02 13:47 |
| #1 Stuff happens. The problem is that when it happens in a giant bureaucracy there is seldom a way to get it fixed, especially when there are no alternative organizations to deal with. So we are also giving the government bureaucracy jurisdiction over the health care of the other 95% of us, when what we should be doing is converting even this 5% to vouchers because it is already too big. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-07-02 12:35 |