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Veterans

purr-rat beauty

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3. GREAT NEWS! VA coverage should be universal

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2023, 01:04 AM

Jan 2023

The closest Med Center in NY for me is in Albany - a 2 1/2 drive away....there's one only 20 minutes from me in Vermont which when I needed it was not afforded to me. Many 5 hour drives for 45 min or less visits for specialty care. Waste of time and money.

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR MILITARY VETERANS. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG. [View all] RandySF Jan 2023 OP

About damned time! Maybe we should work on not creating so many of them. niyad Jan 2023 #1

You said it C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #5

Many Thanks for cross posting!! n/t GP6971 Jan 2023 #2

GREAT NEWS! VA coverage should be universal purr-rat beauty Jan 2023 #3

Isn't there a VA facility in Plattsburg, NY? C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #4

Why aren't you covered by the Mission Act? friend of a friend Jan 2023 #6