Vet? Get around ObamaKare

[aztecwin]

This came to me by email. I paste from the email which includes links to Gary North's website and the opportunity to sign up for his newsletter should you desire. I think this is within the spirit and letter of AztecWilliams guidance.

From: [e-mail]
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 8:27 AM
To: Dr. Gary North's Weekly Tip
Subject: Gary North's Tip of the Week: ObamaCare Loophole

GARY NORTH'S TIP OF THE WEEK

Gary North's Tip of the Week - October 06, 2012 ObamaCare Loophole ========================= This was posted on one of my site's forums.

Obamacare and the VA Medical Program

You might want to pass the word around, that if anyone is a veteran, and does not want to have to buy regular health insurance to avoid being fined by Obamacare for not having it, they can go to the VA (probably the nearest VA
hospital) and sign up for the VA health program.

There is no cost to sign up for it. If they go to a VA hospital and get treated, they might have to pay a copay, depending on their income, etc. The VA people will explain all that. They will need a copy of their DD214. If they don't have one, the people there can tell them how to get one. They will then be eligible to be treated, and the Obamacare law specifically states that that program qualifies as having a health insurance plan.

There was a previous system years ago, which I got into in 1992, but I went over to the VA hospital in Cincinnati recently, and found out that you had to sign up all over again for this current one, and they were not able to get the records from the previous system to verify my eligibility, so I had to get the copy of my DD214. Although if you go in there and need to be treated, they will take care of you right then and then finish getting you signed up later after you have gotten the DD214. (Or send you a bill for it if you don't get one.)

I for one, like many other people, hope this Obamacare thing gets repealed, but in the meantime, I thought this might be some useful information to publicize.

Gary "Medicare Loophole" North
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[AlwaysAnAztec]

I'm not going to call 100% bull$#!+ on this because he is partly correct. If you are a 'regular' person (vet) with a job, etc. The VA will not accept you.

FWIW, I worked at the VA hospital, in admissions, while going to SDSU so I have some specific knowledge here and know that it is MUCH harder to be seen at the VA than it was in 1992 when he said he went.

Basically, to be seen at the VA now you must either have a service connected disability or you must be poor. There are also qualifications on what you can get treated on based upon the level of your service connected disability.

[78aztec82]

Oct 8, 2012 11:00:48 GMT -8 AlwaysAnAztec said:

I'm not going to call 100% bull$#!+ on this because he is partly correct. If you are a 'regular' person (vet) with a job, etc. The VA will not accept you.

FWIW, I worked at the VA hospital, in admissions, while going to SDSU so I have some specific knowledge here and know that it is MUCH harder to be seen at the VA than it was in 1992 when he said he went.

Basically, to be seen at the VA now you must either have a service connected disability or you must be poor. There are also qualifications on what you can get treated on based upon the level of your service connected disability.

Correct, I can only be seen and taken care of for my service-connected disabilities. All other issues I must use my insurance. No deviation.

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[aztecwin]

Oct 8, 2012 11:19:18 GMT -8 78aztec82 said:

Oct 8, 2012 11:00:48 GMT -8 AlwaysAnAztec said:

I'm not going to call 100% bull$#!+ on this because he is partly correct. If you are a 'regular' person (vet) with a job, etc. The VA will not accept you.

FWIW, I worked at the VA hospital, in admissions, while going to SDSU so I have some specific knowledge here and know that it is MUCH harder to be seen at the VA than it was in 1992 when he said he went.

Basically, to be seen at the VA now you must either have a service connected disability or you must be poor. There are also qualifications on what you can get treated on based upon the level of your service connected disability.

Correct, I can only be seen and taken care of for my service-connected disabilities. All other issues I must use my insurance. No deviation.

Sent from my DROID RAZR using proboards

I have never had an occasion to use VA although I am told that my hearing loss might be service connected or that Agent Orange might have something to do with my Cancer. (My understanding is when you are Cancer free that the original cause does not matter.) For those reasons I only posted that advice. Seems like what North left out was what it takes to qualify.