In light of the recent scandals concerning the VA’s mishandling of our veterans, another unfortunate secret emerged: most of America’s veterans receive zero dental benefits or oral care from the VA.
Dr. Charles Zahedi, the founder and Clinical Director of the not-for-profit organization, Dentists for Veterans, is the very first dentist in United States to have started a pilot program to conduct a nationwide study and initiative to precisely assess the feasibility and advisability of furnishing dental care to veterans under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, who are not eligible for dental services and treatment.
By carrying out this pilot program, Dentists for Veterans will enable the Veterans Administration to better specify performance standards and metrics and processes for ensuring compliance with the hopes that these will one day be funded by federally-directed dental treatment programs. In addition, by executing this program, Dentists for Veterans will be able to rapidly identify those veterans who are completely orally disabled.
Until that funding is secured, Dentists for Veterans is rallying patriotic Americans to donate a minimum of $25 to build and furnish mobile dental facilities that will drive around America and treat veterans who lack the funds and means to get proper dental care.
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And Vets get no vision services, like a vision prescription or prescription gl$#%&!@*es, although I have received laser eye surgery for a retina which could have become detached.
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They should Dental problems cause a lot of Medical problems
Don’t give up keep fighting ,Don’t let up you will get things taken care of just don’t give up
A Vet can get one or all teeth pulled at the VA, for a $500 co-pay, which is ridiculous. A few years ago, when the teeth-pulling co-pay was $202, I had ONE tooth pulled, and I could have saved a lot of money, by going to a private dentist.
The VA has what they call a “formulary,” which is a list of available drugs, which are generic or off-normal usage, like I was given a blood pressure medicine for an enlarged prostate, and the med almost killed me; my BP went down to BELOW 71 / 59. When I told my Primary Care doctor about that, there was NO PROBLEM in prescribing Flomax, the brand-name drug, which had been prescribed to me by a private doctor. Virtually ALL non-formulary drugs can be prescribed, you just have to be almost killed before they can do it.
Most of the money that non profits collect goes to ceo bonuses. Donate 1.00 and the ceo keeps .91cents for his yacht, mansion and sports cars. If i help a vet with money for teeth, i am going straight to that vet and not handing it over to some scheister. Homeless shelters have a lot of vets.
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE A STAND AND HELP OUR VETERANS NOW
Really the military ruined the teeth and bones of their veterans with the toxic levels of Fluorine they added to the water and still do and most of what they are adding comes from China and God knows what else is in it!
I guess they want a group of toothless old people.