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"VA induced suicide," the DVA health care system has become a very deadly
system.

      July 15, 1999, Congress passed the VETERANS=E2=80=99 MILLENNIUM HEALTH=
 CARE
ACT (VMHCA). Over 80 pages of bulk, with no substance. The VMHCA never
addresses the Constitutional & legal rights of our veterans. Instead,
Congress cleverly figured out a way to charge one group of veterans, (under
50% service connected & non-service connected veterans), for the medical
care of veterans rated above 50% service connected. (Reference: Robbing
Peter to pay Paul). Disguised as CO-payments & deductibles, veterans will be
forced to pay these new "Taxes." H.R. 2116 also grants the DVA the ability
to close-down entire VAMCs at their discretion. Congress continues to insult
the men and women who have honorably served this country by funding a health
care system none of them would dare ever use.

      July 21, 1999, The General Accounting Office, special GAO
investigators concluded; "The Veterans Administration is wasting up to $1
MILLION a day on unneeded medical facilities, and proposals to "fix" the
problem is unlikely to work. The VA=E2=80=99s proposed restructuring plan gi=
ves too
much power to vested interests likely to compete against each other: medical
schools, unions, veterans organizations and state veterans agencies."

      Our government continues to recruit personnel into military service
with total disregard for their well-being, future health care and
Constitutional rights in the event they are disabled in the line-of-duty.
The DVA has operated at a dangerous level of under staffing and under
funding for several decades. Entire floors are closed at VAMC nationwide.

      On August 2, 1990, the Department of Veterans Affairs publicly
announced: "The DVA is prepared to receive tens of thousands of casualties
from the Gulf War." This was a public relations lie, and the national news
media allowed the DVA to get away with it. We now have thousands of sick
veterans from the Gulf War, and they are being denied treatment and
compensation by the DVA.

      The active role of our military has changed dramatically over the past
century. Weapons of the twenty first century carry descriptions like;
nuclear, biological, and chemical. For the most part, the days of fixed
bayonets, hand-to-hand combat are over. The World has become a far more
dangerous place, as third World countries continue to develop weapons of
mass destruction.. Our young are asked to serve and die in unfamiliar
sounding places like; KOSOVO, BOSNIA, and SOMALIA U.S. troops are no longer
"just" deployed to protect the United State=E2=80=99s best interest. Now, ou=
r troops
are asked to protect and defend, (with their lives), the best interest of
such World organizations as the U.N. and NATO. Our young people are now
asked to defend the principles, political beliefs, and human rights of
countries all around the World. It is time to TOTALLY reconsider the way we
view veterans benefits and entitlements. If Congress can not find the funds
to provide quality/timely health care for our veterans, maybe Congress
should consider "billing" the U.N. and NATO for our veterans future health
care needs.

      The National Veterans Service Organizations, (i.e. VFW, DAV, AmVets,
American Legion, etc.), are ALL chartered by Congress. Although the NVSO=E2=
=80=99s
membership is largely comprised of veterans, their allegiance is, and always
has been to the DVA and Congress. To date, none of the NVSOs have been
effective in stopping cut-backs within the DVA health care system. The NVSOs
have been bootless in promoting positive change as long as their government
FREEBIES exist. These organizations have a vested interest in maintaining
the status quo. (Reference: U.S. Code, Title 38, =C2=A75902(a).)

      Things the Recruiter Will Not Tell You -

      YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE OR MEDICAL TREATMENT IF YOU ARE
INJURIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY!. Although military recruiters may use words
like "Benefits" and "Entitlements" when describing your future health care
eligibility if you are injured in the line-of-duty, what they won=E2=80=99t=20=
tell you
is that our government, to include the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals and
the Congress, actually consider such "benefits" to be: "NONCONTRACTUAL
BENEFITS UNDER A SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAM" (reference: Ziviak v. United
States, 411 F.Supp. 416, 423 (1976). Yes - - - even though our government
does NOT reveal the truth to young patriotic Americans when entering the
military, it believes that VA service-connected disability compensation is a
WELFARE benefit, which the Congress can WITHDRAW anytime it wants, in order
to cut the budget, build a "surplus" of federal funds, or for any other
reason. For the past 70 years, our government has considered such veterans
benefits to be "gratuities" - - - which means gifts. Incredibly, the U.S.
Court of Veterans Appeals and the VA say that: "VA benefits involve NO
AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES and may be redistributed or WITHDRAWN at any time
in the discretion of Congress." (reference: "Levy v. Brown" case #92-1174, 6
Veterans Appeals Reporter, page 23)

      If you are injured in the line-of-duty, and medically discharged into
the DVA health care system, you WILL LOSE many of your Constitutional and
legal rights as guaranteed to all Americans in the Constitution of the
United States of America.. (Reference: U.S. Code, Title 38, =C2=A7511 (a), a=
nd
U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV, Section 1.)

      You WILL LOSE your right to Due Process of Law, as the DVA is it's own
judge and jury concerning ALL disability claims. (Reference: U.S. Code,
Title 38, =C2=A7511 (a) and U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV, Section 1, and=
 Bill
Of rights, Amendment V)

      You WILL BE EXTREMELY LIMITED in your ability to hire an attorney to
represent your best interest. The DVA has 800+ attorneys to represent the
DVA's best interest. The DVA will compel you to use one of the National
Veterans=E2=80=99 Service Organizations, (NVSO), to illegally represent you=20=
in
pursuing/presenting your case. The NVSOs are practicing law without any
formal license/schooling in law. (Reference: U.S. Code, Title 38, =C2=A75901=
,
=C2=A75902 (a), =C2=A75903, =C2=A75904)

      You are FORBIDDEN to hire an attorney at the onset of your case. You
can only hire one on appeal after you have lost your case at the BVA.

      If the DVA allows you to hire an attorney, you WILL BE RESTRICTED in
the amount you can pay your attorney. This amount is set, and cannot exceed
20% of the claim. Most attorneys WILL NOT lower their fees to represent
anyone. This restriction dramatically influences the veteran=E2=80=99s abili=
ty to
retain proper legal representation. Paying an attorney more than 20% can
result in prosecution, fines, and/or imprisonment. (Reference: U.S. Code,
Title 38, =C2=A75904, Amendments, Subsection. (d)(2)(a).)

      You WILL NOT have access to the civil or federal court system when
dealing with the DVA. A jury of your peers WILL NEVER hear your case.
(Reference: U.S. Code, Title 38, =C2=A7511 (a) and U.S. Constitution, Amendm=
ent
XIV, Section 1.)

      While in the DVA health care system, you will be required to travel
unreasonable distances to see doctors that may/MAY NOT even hold a medical
license in the State he/she is practicing in. (Reference: Your State Medical
Board)

      You WILL NOT have the right to choose your doctor.

      Your doctor WILL NOT be monitored by the State Medical Board, as the
DVA is a U.S. Government agency and not required to comply with state
regulations. (Reference: Your State Medical Board.)

      You WILL NOT be able to acquire information on a DVA doctor's past
record. (Reference: Your State Medical Board)

      You WILL have to wait unreasonable periods of time for DVA clinic
appointments. At many VAMCs the wait for some clinic appointments can be up
to one year. Four month waiting periods for dental appointments are common
at all 172 VAMCs nationwide.

      VA claims and appeals process can take up to 3 to 4 years, or more.
Many veterans simply die waiting for a decision from the DVA, or the Board
of Veterans Appeals, BVA.

      Since DVA hospitals operate in cooperation with medical universities,
you WILL BE USED as a guinea pig for student doctors and nurses. It is
common practice for physician assistants to perform invasive procedures on
patients in Veteran Administration Medical Centers.

      If you are killed or injured as the result of the negligence or wrong
doing, you and/or your family MAY NOT be allowed to sue the DVA for damages.

      The FBI and the Department of Veteran Affairs have acknowledged a rash
of unsolved suspicious deaths/possible murders within the DVA health care
system. Although the exact number is unknown, 42 patients at VAMC Columbia,
Missouri, and 37 patients at VAMC in Northhampton, Massachusetts are among
the veterans that may have been murdered by medical personnel within the
hospitals. Therefore, you might just be MURDERED in the VA. Earlier this
year a federal grand jury handed down an indictment charging nurse KRISTEN
GILBERT with the first degree murders of four veteran patients. A total of
37 veterans in nurse GILBERT's care died under suspicious circumstances
during a 14 month period. An additional 42 veterans died under suspicious
circumstances under the care of a nurse RICHARD A. WILLIAMS at another VAMC.
The DVA hindered a five year FBI investigation into the 42 deaths by denying
access and withholding information pertinent to the case. The investigation
concluded with a mere eight page report. To date, no charges have been filed
in the WILLIAMS' case. These are just two of the numerous suspicious death
cases to occur within the DVA health care system this decade. (NOTE: The
skimpy 8 page FBI investigative report averages out to 5.25 dead veterans
per page, or 1.6 pages of text a year for five years. How the FBI could
spend 5 years investigating a possible 42 murders, and only come up with an
8 page report, baffles the imagination.)

      If you are retired from the military, with twenty or more years of
service, you face an entirely different set of problems. Your so-called
"free" medical benefits WILL COST YOU thousands of dollars over your
lifetime in deductibles, CO-payments and supplemental insurance cost.
TriCare, (formally CHAMPUS), continually finds ways to pass the cost of
medical care on to the veterans. MOST hospitals and physicians DO NOT accept
TriCare coverage. As more and more Base clinics are closing down, our
retired are finding it harder and harder to find quality care. That is not
the agreement promised you when you retired. The U.S. Government is in
Breach of Contract with our retired military personnel.