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------ =_NextPart_000_01BCC11D.5874E740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Ken, I'm quite sure you will have access to medications through the VA. The = kicker is that you must be under treatment by them as well. Obviously = they cannot accept responsibility for dispensing drugs for conditions = they, as liable physicians, have not confirmed nor are treating. If you = have the time to invest sitting there waiting, and it takes a lot of it, = you'll no doubt receive appropriate meds. I have a friend who keeps his = outside doctors and insurance intact so he can have second opinions and = he would, if the need arose, insist on going to a non-VA hospital. Both = his private physicians and the VA know he's doing this and are in = neither case objecting to it. He figures, given that he takes roughly = $300.00 worth of meds monthy, that he's being paid roughly $100 per hour = by sitting there. Not bad wages for a retired guy. Sincerely, Judith Guion [log in to unmask] (mother PWP 83, 5yrs) -----Original Message----- From: Ken Janis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 1997 10:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: VA Meds A while back there was a short discussion on the list about obtaining = meds through the VA. A recent change in insurance coverage means that I will = no longer be covered for meds to the same extent that I had before. I have a veteran's disability retirement (non service related) and do = not know if I am allowed to get meds through the VA or not. Any advice out there ? Thanks. 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