Dear President Obama,
I read somewhere that you were going to be overhauling the Social Security system, it certainly needs it. While you are at it, could you possibly overhaul the Veteran’s Affairs department? Since I am a female service connected, US Army Vietnam Era Veteran, I have had all kinds of problems with receiving medical treatment and I have fought with Veterans Affairs for 35 years in trying to get the same treatment as the male veterans. I could tell you many of my stories but it would turn into a book. Please make it better for all of us female veterans who have honorably served this country. Health care for women still is not equal to the health care that the male veterans receive.
I just had a bad experience with the VA system here in Ohio. I was real sick. So I drove 3 hours to the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The hospital and personnel there are great and very caring. The emergency room doctor gave me a referral for Primary Care to the Veterans clinic in Columbus, Ohio, since I only live 55 miles from there.
I spent 2 days and around 2 hours each time, on the phone with the Cincinnati VA and the Columbus VA Clinic. I could not get anything accomplished as far as trying to find out about my referral from the VA doc in Cincinnati. He referred me to the Columbus VA clinic. I did find out that someone at the Columbus VA sent the referral back to Cincinnati VA. I don’t know why and can’t seem to find out why. So, it looks like I will have to go back to the Cincinnati VA and try again to have the referral sent to the Columbus VA. It makes no sense for the Columbus VA to send the referral back to Cincinnati when I live so close to the Columbus VA. I personally think the Columbus VA is screwed up. I think the right hand (Cincinnati VA) does not know what the left hand (Columbus VA) is doing. They need to get their communication together better.
I have more stories to tell but I will wait until later.
Please, please, please President Obama, please overhaul the Veterans Affairs like you are going to do with Social Security.
Sincerely,
Sandy
