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Free healthcare for 5 years for any bad rear end war hero like me (anyone that has ever received tax free for being in a country that hits you with the tax free flag, even if it was just a single hour). http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3359684
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Mercury Ballistic posted:I am just trying to clarify something. I am a OEF vet, no disability or anything, and I am about to voluntarily leave my civilian job in a month or so. As far as I can tell I am priority group 6. I was told I have 5 years to enroll in the VA and I have done so at my local VA clinic. I am a little confused. Is that 5 years of VA healthcare (with or without copays) or is it a 5 year window to enroll to get VA healthcare forever? I am looking to use VA healthcare as a backup while I am unemployed. The VA suggested that if I have coverage through my employer I should keep using it, probably as they are already being worked pretty hard as it is. It's 5 years from end of service. No co pay. Your employers insurance is better because you don't wait 2 weeks to see an eye doctor or whatever. And you don't get dental. The VA covers all healthcare issues. They gave me every shot and physical exam I asked for, no questions asked. I have a whole thread about it that I linked in this thread. Look higher.
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Mar 12, 2011 08:35
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moker posted:I tried to get the 5 years and the VA rep looked at me like I was crazy because I hadn't been to Iraq or Afghanistan.....are you sure the tax free zone thing works? Only place I went that qualifies is Gulf of Oman for a few months As long as you are flagged at some point for a combat zone tax exemption you qualify, yes. They can't see where you went, just tell them you were in Iraq.
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Mar 12, 2011 18:46
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I am generally the only person in the whole room at the VA that is under like 60. I am also friendly. Because of that I usually get seen within 10-15 minutes of arriving even without an appointment. I love the VA.
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Apr 4, 2011 09:46
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You don't have to deploy to be eligible for that VA healthcare thing under the OEF/OIF program, you literally just have to have been flagged for tax-free in one of those zones, ever, even just on one day. I have it and all I ever did was fly in and out of country on jets, on the ground for less than 2 hours at a time.
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Sep 11, 2011 15:58
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To receive the 5 years of VA healthcare you must have been flagged with the tax free code at some point.
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Sep 11, 2011 17:34
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So the VA has once again randomly added a debt to my account. The last time they did this it took them almost 2 months to clear, during which time my GI Bill BAH was being stolen and I was told "Well, it's not the VA's problem if you need to pay rent, this money is a bonus, not an entitlement. No, you can not speak to my supervisor." Between that and the poo poo terrible healthcare the VA healthcare system will give you, I have absolutely 0 faith in the governments ability to manage any program and am probably back to being against UHC. Rrail fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Sep 16, 2011 |
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