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HOST, -
WE'RE CHANGING THE CLAIMS BENEFIT PROCESSING SYSTEM WHICH IS COMPLETELY PAPER-BASED NOW.
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| 00:00:14 |
GUEST, -
THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. HOST: SO,
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| 00:00:18 |
HOST, -
THERE IS A LONG AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE GET A RESPONSE? GUEST: THAT IS RIGHT.
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| 00:00:22 |
GUEST, -
ON THE ONE HAND WE HAVE THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION WHICH HAS THE MOST ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM, YET THE ADMINISTRATION IS...
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| 00:00:38 |
HOST, -
TOWARDS A VIRTUAL LIFETIME ELECTRONIC
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| 00:00:41 |
GUEST, -
RECORDS SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE D.O.D. WE WILL PUSH IT AGGRESSIVELY SO THAT FROM THE TIME A SOLDIER IS ENTERING THE MILITARY TO THE DAY HE IS...
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| 00:01:20 |
HOST, -
ALCOHOL. PERHAPS HE HAS A BRAIN INJURY THAT IS NOT THE AGNES. MAYBE THEY HAVE TROUBLE FINDING HOUSING. AFTER THE SECOND
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| 00:01:28 |
GUEST, -
OR THIRD DEPLOYMENT MANY ARE RELUCTANT TO LEASE TO OUR VETERANS. WE HAVE TO STOP THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL. THAT IS WHY THE PRESIDENT HAS COMMITTED $25 BILLION...
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| 00:02:07 |
HOST, -
SERVICES TO EVENTUALLY GET TO THE VETERANS AND TO KEEP THEM FROM ENTERING THAT DOWNWARD SPIRAL. HOST: NUMBERS WILL BE ON THE SCREEN IF YOU WANT TO TALK...
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| 00:02:33 |
HOST, -
AN EFFORT BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE VETERANS GET A FIRST SHOT AT FEDERAL JOBS. GUEST: WE ARE PARTNERING IN THIS INITIATIVE. IT IS SAYING...
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| 00:03:03 |
GUEST, -
ALL THE GREAT JOBS. WE'LL ALSO HELPED THEM TRANSLATE THEIR MILITARY EXPERIENCE TO A CIVILIAN FORMAT. WHEN YOU ARE A TENT COMMANDER, THERE ARE NOT MANY...
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| 00:03:56 |
HOST, -
DIFFERENT PARTIES. IF YOU ARE DISABLED
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| 00:03:59 |
GUEST, -
YOU HAVE EXTRA POINTS, AND EXTRA POINTS IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, SO THEY DO JUMP TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE AS A CANDIDATE OUT OF A POOL OF CANDIDATES. BUT...
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| 00:04:11 |
HOST, -
AND WORKING, THEY ARE EMPLOYEES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
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| 00:04:16 |
GUEST, -
HOST: THE FIRST CALL IS FROM NORTH CAROLINA, DANIEL ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU, SIR. I WAS IN THE NAVY UNTIL 1962. I WAS IN VOLUNTARILY...
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| 00:04:36 |
HOST, -
THIS PARTY SYSTEM THEY HAVE NOW, AND NEVER ASKED MY VA BENEFITS UNTIL A FEW YEARS BACK AND I WAS TOLD THAT I CANNOT GET THEM BECAUSE OF THE PRIORITY...
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| 00:05:30 |
GUEST, -
PRIORITY 8, SO PLEASE COME BACK TO THE VA. BEFORE IF YOU MADE $40,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR YOUR CONSIDERED TO HAVE TOO MUCH TO GET MONEY FROM THE VA....
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| 00:06:25 |
HOST, -
ANY TIME A MAN GOES TO THE VA FIRST THING HE SHOULD DO IS THE VA PEOPLE SHOULD TELL HIM TO FILL UP THAT APPLICATION THEM. IN MY CASE WHAT HAPPENED,...
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| 00:08:26 |
GUEST, -
CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU GO PUTTING YOUR CLAIM FOR BENEFITS. THAT IS VERY GOOD ADVICE. HOST: IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT STRESS-RELATED INCIDENTS? GUEST:...
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| 00:08:54 |
HOST, -
CAME OUT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT, A CHANGE IN VA
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| 00:08:59 |
GUEST, -
POLICY, IS THAT IF YOU SERVED IN THEATER FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND GETS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD, WE WILL ACCEPT THAT FROM YOUR TIME IN THEATER. IT USED...
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| 00:09:55 |
HOST, -
WE WILL CARE FOR THEM. HOST: HOW ARE THOSE CASES TRACKED? ARE YOU MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT?
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| 00:10:02 |
GUEST, -
GUEST: THAT IS WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO WITH THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS SYSTEM. THE DD214 SAYS THAT THEY WERE DEPLOYED AND THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT. HOST: YOUR...
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| 00:10:20 |
HOST, -
CALLER: BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION I JUST WANTED
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| 00:10:24 |
GUEST, -
TO SAY THAT I WAS A MEDIC IN VIETNAM. I HAVE 95% CASUALTY'S AND I GOT SHOT UP TRYING TO GET THE GUYS OUT. FIRST, THE ARMY TOOK A REAL GOOD CARE OF ME.
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| 00:10:39 |
HOST, -
THE VA HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO ASK FOR ANYTHING. THEY ALWAYS PICK ON ME BECAUSE I DO NOT ASK. THEY ALWAYS HAVE MORE THINGS FOR ME,...
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| 00:11:29 |
GUEST, -
FOR WHAT YOU DID. I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE MEDICS WHO TOOK CARE OF ME. YOU KEEP GOING ON IN GETTING REHABILITATED AND WE WILL BE WITH...
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| 00:12:01 |
HOST, -
SORRY FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS BLOWN UP AND LOST MY
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| 00:12:05 |
GUEST, -
LEG, OR THE DAY I GIVE THANKS TO THOSE IS A BUCK. EVERY DAY THOSE IN MY HELICOPTER TO GET TOGETHER AND GIVE THANKS THAT WE MADE A HOME AND ARE ALIVE....
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| 00:12:39 |
HOST, -
HAD TO STRIP DOWN AND SHOW THAT I WAS AN AMPUTEE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE MY DOD
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| 00:12:44 |
GUEST, -
RECORDS. WE'RE WORKING TO FIX THAT. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT A VETERAN WHO HAS DOD RECORDS, THAT THOSE RECORDS DID NOT TRANSFER SEAMLESSLY. IT IS AN...
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| 00:13:43 |
HOST, -
EQUIPMENT. AFTER EQUIPMENT IS TIRED AND WE NEED TO REBUILD. PART OF THAT INVOLVES STEPPING AWAY FROM THE BLAME GAME OF WHO VOTED FOR WHAT, WHO SUPPORTED...
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| 00:14:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
JUST THE NATIONAL DEFENSE, BUT PART OF THAT IS OUR ECONOMY. LET'S FIX THOSE PROBLEMS AND BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND REUNITE. WHETHER YOU SUPPORTED...
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| 00:15:10 |
HOST, -
ON BIPARTISANSHIP THEN
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| 00:15:13 |
GUEST, -
OUR PRESIDENT. THE FACT THAT I COULD BE A CRITIC AND THEN WORK TO FIX IT IS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE. THE FACT THAT WE BROUGHT IT IN THE SECRETARY WHO WILL...
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| 00:16:00 |
HOST, -
TO HAVE PIPELINES FOR A VETERAN TO GET CARE WHEN THEY DID NOT CARE WHAT WE MADE WHEN WE JOINED
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| 00:16:09 |
GUEST, -
THE SERVICE AND PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY? THE OTHERnr
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| 00:16:13 |
HOST, -
QUESTION, WHEN WE COME BACK WE HAVE SURGERY AND THE VA MRS. UP ON SURGERY THAT WE DO A TORT CLAIM, WIN THE CLAIM, THEY KEEP OUR COMPENSATION UNTIL THE...
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| 00:17:05 |
GUEST, -
YOU WHERE YOU WERE FROM OR HOW MUCH HE MADE WHEN YOU WERE ENLISTED AND WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE CARE OF YOU NOW THAT YOU ARE A VETERAN. I CANNOT COMMENT...
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| 00:18:04 |
HOST, -
MODEL. OUR VETERANS FROM NEW ORLEANS COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. AND GET THEIR PRESCRIPTION
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| 00:18:10 |
GUEST, -
MEDICATION. THAT IS AMAZING. I CAN SEE MY DOCTOR IN CHICAGO, AND NOW THAT I AM HERE IN D.C. I CAN GO TO A FACILITY HERE AND GET THE SAME QUALITY OF CARE....
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| 00:18:51 |
HOST, -
TO GO TO BATTLE CREEK TO SEE MY SOME COLLEGES. THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY TRAVEL FOR THE SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT. THEN, THE VA BENEFIT BOOKS SAYS THAT IF...
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| 00:19:55 |
GUEST, -
LIVE SO THEY DON'T TRAVEL FAR DISTANCES LIKE YOU ARE. WE WILL GO UP TO 780 CLINICS. AS FAR AS THE REIMBURSEMENT ITS SOUNDS LIKE A SPECIFIC CASE IN YOUR...
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| 00:20:49 |
HOST, -
WHAT OTHER KIND OF INTERMISSION CAN THEY FIND ON THE WEBSITE? GUEST: YES, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND YOU CAN CALL IN TO TALK...
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| 00:21:19 |
GUEST, -
ALSO LAUNCHED A SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE. WE FOUND MANY VETERANS WHO WERE DEPLOYED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN CANNOT CALL 800 NUMBERS. WE HAVE A CHAT...
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| 00:23:37 |
HOST, -
AND ISSUED ME A NON-VETERAN CAR. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY BEING A 20-YEAR MILITARY RETIRED VETERAN THEY ISSUED ME SUCH A CAR. GUEST: I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK...
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| 00:24:10 |
GUEST, -
STANDARD. GUEST: THAT GOES BACK TO A PRIORITY 8 BETTER IN, SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A SERVICE- CONNECTED DISABILITY. THOSE ARE THE ONES WE ARE REOPENING...
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| 00:24:34 |
GUEST, -
HOST: DOES IT INCLUDE OPTICAL, DENTAL? GUEST: VA SERVICES DEPENDS ON YOUR LEVEL OF DISABILITY. RIGHT NOW DENTIL SERVICES OR FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, 100%-CONNECTED...
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| 00:24:57 |
HOST, -
ALL, AND WE'RE
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| 00:25:01 |
GUEST, -
INCREASING OB- GYN SERVICES BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE COMBAT VETERANS WHO ARE GIVING BIRTH. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I MET YOU OUT THAT IOWA FOR...
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| 00:25:39 |
GUEST, -
RETIRED FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVE WHICH COULD AFFECT HIS STATUS. SECONDLY, ON THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS -- AND I AM APPLYING TO GO OUT TO THE...
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| 00:28:00 |
HOST, -
FRANCES BEINECKE, THE AUTHOR OF "CLEAN ENERGY COMMON SENSE." GOV. MIKE LEAVITT, FORMER HEAD OF
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| 00:28:10 |
GUEST, -
HHS, ALL OF THAT COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM. FIRST A LOOK AT OTHER NEWS
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| 00:28:16 |
HOST, -
FROM C-SPAN RADIO. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FIRST LADY, MICHELE, ARE GOING TO HOST A VETERAN'S DAY BREAKFAST THIS MORNING BEFORE GOING TO THE TOMB OF THE...
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| 00:28:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TEAM THIS AFTERNOON ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. ALL OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS WILL BE THERE. IN THAT COUNTRY, AN OFFICIAL SAYS THAT A SUICIDE BOMBER HAS...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.