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Veterans

1939

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7. Been there twice and not going back.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 2, 2016, 10:13 AM

Apr 2016

The providers are OK, but the large number of clerks and jerks there make it intolerable. It is crowded, but the poor guys being mistreated there do not have other options. I have Medicare with Tricare For Life picking up all the co-pays and deductibles and therefore have the option to ignore VA.

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