Wounded Warrior Project and the VA, which one is failing veterans more?

PFC Alexander Oliveira — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:51:48 -0500

On the one hand it was reported that the WWP only spends about 60% of its money on vets. On the other hand the VA is notoriously slow and shrouded in internal controversy among its civilian employees serving our nations vets. Does anybody have any ridiculous VA or WWP experience/stories?

Response by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Mar 11 at 2016 1:58 PM

COL Jean (John) F. B. — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:58:52 -0500

PFC Alexander Oliveira While I do not have any stories to share, the answer to your question is that the VA is failing veterans more, as they are a Government agency tasked and funded with taxpayer money to take care of veterans, whereas the WWP is a charitable organization that claims to take care of veterans, using donations. They both appear to be inept and are failing to fulfill their purported missions.

Response by SPC James Dollins made Mar 11 at 2016 2:07 PM

SPC James Dollins — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:07:29 -0500

While they are both failing their obligations to some vets, WWP disappoints me the most! Especially since it's said they are sitting on over $250 mil 'surplus'! I can understand having a 'slush fund', BUT, that is unacceptable!! Most of that $ SHOULD be going to Wounded Warriors/ Vets that need the help! Ugh!!

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Mar 11 at 2016 2:57 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:57:47 -0500

The VA blast perimeter is vastly larger.

Response by PO1 John Meyer, CPC made Mar 12 at 2016 8:11 PM

PO1 John Meyer, CPC — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:11:42 -0500

Has to be the VA since they are funded by the working class and have been around since 1930, yet they woefully inept.

We've all heard the stories of the back log they have with disability claims. We've all heard the stories of the back log they have for healthcare.

I work for an orthopedic surgeon (who is a veteran) and we are an accredited non-VA provider. We've had to cancel joint replacements for several of our patients in 2015 because the VA took way to long to authorize the surgery. We have yet to schedule anything for 2016 because of the wait time. Our plan is to wait until authorization has been approved before even scheduling surgery, which we don't do with our other patients because all other insurances take much less time to grant authorization.

But it's not only that....

On the average, it really takes longer for us to get authorization for healthcare needs for our veterans that use the VA healthcare system than it does for any of our other patients and that just isn't right. Authorizations for MRIs or simply office visits are a lot harder to get with the VA.

Response by HN Charlotte Roe made Jan 17 at 2020 10:12 AM

HN Charlotte Roe — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:12:56 -0500

I was seen in October 2019 (which took 4 months to get an appointment with the NP not even a physician, because they do NOT have a doctor that sees the vets in the Dothan, Al medical clinic) but my liver function test was really abnormally high. The NP received the results and NEVER called me to have them repeated. When I was seen in January 2020 my shrink looked up the results for me and saw that they were high and never repeated and ordered them herself. After New lab work it was determined that my liver may be failing and if I hadn't asked for the results I would NEVER have known. I haven't received good care at the medical clinic since I started 3 years ago. With the exception of the mental health doctors. As a disabled veteran I am constantly let down or disappointed.