A look at the Military Pay System

Why does the American public fail to see the obvious? We already have a government provided health care system, several of them! We have Medicare which is a federal program, Medicaid, which is a state funded program -if you do not already qualify for Medicare.

As mentioned in my previous post, the Veterans have Tricare if you are active duty and Tricare Prime if you are a Retired veteran or one that is eligible to claim medical benefits once you are honorably discharged. All of the programs that I have mentioned are severely under funded, stretched beyond their capabilities and having trouble meeting the demands.

I am a veteran. I can go to the Veterans Administration for my medical care (for free) if I so choose do so. I have never chosen to do so. In the military we have a word for the system, it is called quacks! If you want to wait in long lines to see a doctor that does not totally seem qualified to care for you, then the military Tricare plan is for you!

With Tricare, when I was a member in the military, you would have to call your "team representative" before you would go in to see a doctor. The representative would make your appointments, tell you when you can go to the appointment and so on. You had no choice in regards to your care.

Here is a true story for you all to think about. I was on Submarines in Groton, CT. I had fallen down a stair way on the boat and my left thumb had gotten caught up in a rung on the stairwell. My thumb was pulled...ripped...to the point where the tip of my thumb was able to touch the back of my inner arm. I went to the Emergency room, it was pretty obvious that something was not right. X-rays were taken of my hand and the initial findings were, "you sprained your thumb, take some Motrin and you will be ok. At this point I was a bit confused because I was pretty sure that a sprain did not include the ability to move appendages like a circus freak. While the doctor was in my presence, I said, "sprain huh, well does a sprain do this too?" I had pulled my thumb all the way back to touch my inner arm. The doctor was taken back and told me, "Don't do that!" Of course a few minutes later, I had to do the same thing for the nurses, other doctors and so on. Finally a orthopedic surgeon was called out of surgery to come and see my hand. I had to show him the same thing. He said, you have tore tendons, you will require surgery. Had I not performed my circus act, I would have been sent back to my boat to go to sea with the crew, while walking around with torn tendons.

The military is a 'socialized health system.' The entire medical facility is government ran and you are a number. You do not get individualized care and forget having just one doctor that you get to know, you see who ever is there.

I pray that the American people see what is happening and help to stand up and voice their opposition to such socialist tactics by the government!