or not. They don't have to prove years later that it is service related. Scaling it up as a model (not to open up the VA to non-veterans) for future separate civilian universal health care. But the VA is so much more efficient than civilian health care for profit or even HMOs. One of my neighbors who has among other things severe hearing loss deemed probably from Vietnam and he received years ago advanced hearing aid like the precursor to the ear buds (like he can control his TV or phone, etc. right from his ear) long before I even knew things like that were on the market.
And of course, I cannot help but wonder how this would help the homeless veteran problem by the fact that if a veteran had some place he could immediately turn to if he needed help, it might prevent him losing his job, being on the street, etc. Many many years ago I worked in an outpatient clinic (not VA but before insurance companies controlled all civilian health care) but if we had a walk-in who came in and said he needed help and needed to see a doctor, we were not allowed to let them go without making sure a doctor saw them and briefly evaluated if he needed professional help.
Of course Veterans could opt out of the system if they didn't want to be treated in it, but I think all veterans with an honorable discharge would be eligible.
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