Eric GarciaVerified account

So was it just my experience or does the VA choice program, well to put it bluntly, suck? Would it be better to have the VA create a network of Drs that will see vets. Kind of like an insurance company does. Cut out the middle man and save money in doing so. #Vets

I've never used the Choice program, because I've heard stories of people getting stuck with high bills because the VA won't pay, or took their time in paying. So I just wait however long I need to, to be seen.

I used it then they canceled my referral because I was seeing an outside Dr (choice Dr) so I had to go see my primary to get another referral, make an appointment, wait for the choice to call again and then make another appointment. That took 3 months. I've head the same too.

Yeah that's just too much hassle! I used to pay out of my own pocket, to go to a pain management clinic, until it closed. Getting into the PMC at the VA is too stressful. Once I'm in, I'm seen 6/mo for nerve burning & spinal injections, which hardly works.

Idk if it is just at my VA but they offer acupuncture for pain management. I've heard it works wonders but I have yet to try it. But before they arrived the wait was already 3 months long so ya. The VA is just a mess from what I have seen.

I have never been offered acupuncture. I'm sure my VA doesn’t have anything that progressive. I do know they have a limit on how many schedule 2 narcotics can be prescribed(2), but no limit on how many actual prescriptions a vet can be prescribed with. Currently I'm at 15.