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Old 01-07-2021, 2:18pm   #1041
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Not my AOR but want me to find you someone at the top? Might be slightly more competent.
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So you have to be "connected" to get good Healthcare?

Is that how it works?
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I just hung up on someone. I need to cool down a little before I get back on the phone again. I'm trying to get a critical prescription refilled (has to be shipped to the house under refrigeration and can't go to a pharmacy) and I've literally been on the phone with incompetent people four over 4 hours. It was easy under private insurance, but TRICARE seems to hire people who do nothing but pass the buck and point fingers. Disgusting to say the least.
GARF, when it comes to government healthcare of any kind, well, pretty much any government agency run by GS employees and contractors, the bottom of the food chain tends to be very lazy and the top side tends to be the most incompetent as evidenced by allowing the lazy employees to continue drawing their paychecks.
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Sometimes?


The long arm of HQ is mighty, but lumbering.
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GARF, when it comes to government healthcare of any kind, well, pretty much any government agency run by GS employees and contractors, the bottom of the food chain tends to be very lazy and the top side tends to be the most incompetent as evidenced by allowing the lazy employees to continue drawing their paychecks.
No doubt. I see incompetence everywhere all the time. Try to snuff it out if I can or find workarounds. I don’t work in healthcare or beans and bullets or planning or equipping or training. We fix people who kill bad guys and break their shit.
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Oh and contractors are the lowest of the low, but I do work with some PhDs who are dedicated, hard working, and know their shit.

Back to it. Just got off the phone with IT who was monkeying around in my computer.
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The VA is worse and that is socialized medicine
I’m not sure about that. I guess it depends on the VA. In Utah it’s actually a pretty good system.
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Back to it. Just got off the phone with IT who was monkeying around in my computer.

I can instruct them to do worse if you like.
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The long arm of HQ is mighty, but lumbering.
And a government run Healthcare system would horrible.
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Contractors = Accountable

Government workers = Unaccountable



Why are contractors so expensive? They're worth it.
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Contractors = Accountable

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Why are contractors so expensive? They're worth it.
I’ve been formally counseled for being insubordinate. Imagine that.
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Why are contractors so expensive? They're worth it.
Hmmm...so far three calls to DEERS, who are government workers. After nearly an hour on hold each time they've at least tried to help. Found out that TRICARE is run by Humana for the eastern U.S., which means contractors; they don't seem to give a **** about anything. TRICARE pharmacy service is run by another contractor, Express Scripts; they don't seem to give a **** either.

What a ****ing nightmare...
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No deets. Suffice it to say it was warranted, but should have been handled better by all parties.
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6 hours today either on hold or talking with people who don't care or are incompetent. Still not resolved. Yeah, we need government run healthcare.
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I appreciate the offer Mark. I'm back on hold again. If that call doesn't go well I'm not sure what I'll do. If this is how TRICARE and any other government run healthcare works I want no part of it.
With all Dems in charge it is going to get even worse.
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The VA is worse and that is socialized medicine



Maybe yours, but ours is excellent and as good any hospital I've been to.
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No deets. Suffice it to say it was warranted, but should have been handled better by all parties.
I can imagine it would be pretty tough to be a civilian inside of the Pentagon.
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I can imagine it would be pretty tough to be a civilian inside of the Pentagon.
Not really. Just remember. The pentagon boss is a civilian. Most of the big wigs are. They have uniformed counterparts, but the civilians outrank them. Uniformed peeps come and go but we remain. They hate the assignment and can’t wait to leave. We’re the glue that holds it all together. Everyone in uniform will be civilian someday. Some think they’re hot shit and they probably are. Most of them are normal people and we all put our pants on one leg at a time. Once you realize these things you get a little more comfortable.

Never had to dodge a bullet thanks to those who do. Thank God for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day. I love serving those who serve.
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Time to sync up da new fone.
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Well damn, that was easy.
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Not really. Just remember. The pentagon boss is a civilian. Most of the big wigs are. They have uniformed counterparts, but the civilians outrank them. Uniformed peeps come and go but we remain. They hate the assignment and can’t wait to leave. We’re the glue that holds it all together. Everyone in uniform will be civilian someday. Some think they’re hot shit and they probably are. Most of them are normal people and we all put our pants on one leg at a time. Once you realize these things you get a little more comfortable.

Never had to dodge a bullet thanks to those who do. Thank God for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day. I love serving those who serve.
Amen

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