Rural suicides follow medicare cuts

[sanfran22]

while i don't like that people have to drive that far, we can't pretend there is an easy fix and no one is taking it. Would anyone be ok with the government building 100's of hospitals just so no one has to drive more than an hour?

What are we going to do if the rest of us have to start doing that. What happens when Obamacare fully kicks in and you cant find a specialist anywhere near you. It could get real interesting.

[duane1969]

I love this forum. I bet the government says the same thing about it's mentally sick soldiers, just like people are talking in here about other Americans (especially mentally sick ones). God Bless America!

It is not the government's responsibility to provide free everything for everyone. These people need to either drive to where they can ge the care for free or pony up the cash for local care.

My dad risked his life to fight in a foreign country. If he doesn't have a VA hospital on the corner then there is no reason why anyone else should.

[Hilfiger1975]

It is not the government's responsibility to provide free everything for everyone. These people need to either drive to where they can ge the care for free or pony up the cash for local care.

My dad risked his life to fight in a foreign country. If he doesn't have a VA hospital on the corner then there is no reason why anyone else should.

I respect what your father did for this country, BUT what you are doing is "passing the buck" and you and i both know it shouldn't have been this way and maybe it's time for a change?

[duane1969]

I respect what your father did for this country, BUT what you are doing is "passing the buck" and you and i both know it shouldn't have been this way and maybe it's time for a change?

What shouldn't be this way? Mentally ill people deserve free care? What ever happened to people taking care of themselves or their families doing it?

[Hilfiger1975]

What shouldn't be this way? Mentally ill people deserve free care? What ever happened to people taking care of themselves or their families doing it?

No, about your father having to drive so far away...you said my father had to do it so they should too...

[Hilfiger1975]

It is not the government's responsibility to provide free everything for everyone. These people need to either drive to where they can ge the care for free or pony up the cash for local care.

My dad risked his life to fight in a foreign country. If he doesn't have a VA hospital on the corner then there is no reason why anyone else should.

It shouldn't be this way for ANYONE...

[duane1969]

No, about your father having to drive so far away...you said my father had to do it so they should too...

Actually what I said was if he can do it then there is no reason that they can't either. In other words, if veterans don't deserve special local hospitals and care, then why does anyone else?

[Hilfiger1975]

My dad risked his life to fight in a foreign country. If he doesn't have a VA hospital on the corner then there is no reason why anyone else should.

Actually what I said was if he can do it then there is no reason that they can't either. In other words, if veterans don't deserve special local hospitals and care, then why does anyone else?

Actually that's what you said in a totally different paragraph...

[ensbergcollector]

It shouldn't be this way for ANYONE...

wait, are you saying their should be a specialist of every kind within 5 miles of everyone? you do realize that makes zero economical sense or any other kind of sense right?

[duane1969]

Actually that's what you said in a totally different paragraph...

Same difference. If veterans don't deserve one then nobody does. If veterans have to drive 2-4 hours for health care then there is no reason that everyone else can't.

If you see that as me saying that mental patients don't deserve health care then that is your spin, not my words.

You can look at it any way that you want. My position remains the same. If a veteran who risked their life for our country doesn't deserve a government provided hospital and health care that is easily available, then nobody else does.