Veterans voice health care concerns

Veterans voice health care concerns
By Mark Anderson, Staff Writer

Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:42 PM CST

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Around 100 veterans attended a town hall meeting on Friday, January 11, to learn more about the Veterans Administration health care system, and for state VA officials to answer their questions. Some of the questions related to the St. James VA Clinic, and there were representatives from the clinic there to meet veterans face to face.The first question was why veterans still have to go to Minneapolis for some services. The veterans were told that there are some specialties that the VA does not contract for in St. James, so the only way to get the special care through the VA is to take the van to Minneapolis. The VA is working on using telemedicine as one solution to the issue, which involves sending the information to the specialists through electronic means.

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