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        <![CDATA[ A year or two ago I got a finger caught in a wood splitter. I went to the local (25miles) hospital emergency room. When they asked for my insurance information I told them I was a VA patient and showed them my VA id card. They copied the card and I never got a bill.I sure like the VA. ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: non VA emergency care ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/706105/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-706105</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ([b]According to VA regulation, the hospital is requested, but not required, to notify VA within 24 hours of any decision to make you an inpatient. They might or might not have done this.[/b]
You would not know if this was done or not. It would be invisib...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/706105/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-706105">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:42:04 PST</pubDate>
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			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/695230/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-695230</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ dthill wrote:so, am I to understand that I could go to a non VA ER and will be seen/treated for free?  They won't balk? (I am 90%)   Yes, they will balk, they will do even better they will deny your claim. I have been to the emergency room and sometimes t...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/695230/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-695230">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:31:27 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: non VA emergency care ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/694229/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-694229</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In short, it sounds like VA Fee Basis should have paid all of this, but a mistake might have been made somewhere between the hospital, the biller, and Fee Basis.
It's important to remember that your single episode of care has two big parts, the emergency ...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/694229/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-694229">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:16:47 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ VABA wrote:Me, too.

I wish more vets knew about VA healthcare benefits.

Even a "routine" emergency can be really expensive. A short ambulance ride is about $800; signing in to the ER costs $500; an ER doctor costs $200 to $1200 depending on how hard...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/693225/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-693225">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:14:56 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ anotherMarine wrote: "phantomfixer1 wrote:when i call the number for the vamc in okc,or the clinic in konawa oklahoma,the recording goes like this..if this is an actual emergency,please hang up and dial 911 immedieately. &nbsp;&nbsp; now,to me,that is tel...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/669792/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-669792">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:43:53 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ phantomfixer1 wrote:when i call the number for the vamc in okc,or the clinic in konawa oklahoma,the recording goes like this..if this is an actual emergency,please hang up and dial 911 immedieately. &nbsp;&nbsp; now,to me,that is telling me to go through ...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/665573/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-665573">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:00:36 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Three weeks ago tomorrow I fell and broke my back. At the present time my back is a non-service connected condition although I have a claim in for it. The V.A. has been treating me for the back problems for about 15 years. I had back surgery in a non-V.A....<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/626571/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-626571">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:33:22 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NYGIRL, 

There is, indeed, a requirement that a vet must be active in the VA system in order for the VA to pay for an "unauthorized" trip to the the non-VA ER. Active means being seen by a VA provider at least once in the 24 months preceding the emerge...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/626447/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-626447">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:46:29 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ My son was discharged after serving honorably in the Army, including a year in Iraq in 2006.&nbsp; He signed up for VA Health benefits and used the care a couple of times, the last visit in 2008.&nbsp; He has been healthy with no need to see a Dr. or know...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/625877/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-625877">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:22:26 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ your conditions do not have do be 'service connected' per se to be covered. in my exp. the VA is very flexible in this regard. if you are over 60%, I think you are pretty much covered for most, if not all things. if 100% def. covered. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:09:13 PST</pubDate>
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			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/608829/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-608829</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Check to see if your VAMC or VA hospital have an emergency room, some don't.

People show up all the time at medical clinics with emergencies, and get turned away because a clinic typically doesn't have the equipment, meds, and training to handle true e...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/608829/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-608829">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:29:58 PST</pubDate>
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			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/606218/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-606218</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Great thread, just what I was looking for but I still have a few questions:

I have a 10% sc on my back. I'm traveling by car soon. It's 24 hours of driving and last time I did it, my back was out for two days. I toughed it out; if you can call prone an...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/606218/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-606218">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:25:45 PST</pubDate>
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			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/594588/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-594588</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The rules you cite are for the Milleneum Bill, used by VA as authority to pay for non-VA emergency treatment for veterans who DO NOT have healthcare insurance.Veteran who DO have insurance can also get their ER paid/reimburse, but under different rules an...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/594588/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-594588">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:30:41 PST</pubDate>
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			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/593388/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-593388</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ While the VA&nbsp;can pay for emergency care in Non VA&nbsp;facilities&nbsp;there are significant&nbsp;restrictions on when payment will be made including:1. Vet is&nbsp;enrolled in VA health care system at time of injury2.&nbsp; Vet has been provided car...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/593388/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-593388">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:57:50 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Don, welcome to VBN, and thanks for the compliment. We try our best.

It's true that VA would pay for all emergencies of a NON-insured vet, but for daily stuff, Medicare is usually much more convenient. At some locations, the VA is such a hassle, that y...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/588000/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-588000">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:27:42 PST</pubDate>
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			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/reply/587827/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-587827</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I am new to this forum and very glad to have found it. This subject is of immediate interest to me.
I just turned 65. I signed up for Medicare because I thought it was the thing to do. I'm retired from a major airline and my retiree health plan terminate...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/587827/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-587827">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:49:12 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Patrick, that's perfectly right according to the rules. You presented with a chief complaint that was related to your SC condition.
The diagnosis actually doesn't matter, according to the CFR.

The coin toss happens when your claim is reviewed by the U...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/575067/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-575067">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:41:42 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I went to the local ER in January for chest pains and a high pulse rate only later it was determined to be a panic attack. Notified the VA (some 50 miles away) that I was in the ER. The bill came to $4000 and the VA paid for all of it. I am not SC for any...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/575042/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-575042">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:36:35 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Interesting, thanks for the information. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:13:52 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If VA gives you a med that causes an emergency--and then you get billed--there is a rarely used path to get that bill paid by the VA.
It's the Legal Counsel Office of the VA Medical Center. They work directly for the Director of the VAMC. If they're liab...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/571299/non-VA-emergency-care#reply-571299">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:52:51 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A year or two ago I got a finger caught in a wood splitter. I went to the local (25miles) hospital emergency room. When they asked for my insurance information I told them I was a VA patient and showed them my VA id card. They copied the card and I never ...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/topic/47856/non-VA-emergency-care">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:09:39 PST</pubDate>
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