It seems to me that usually if you have got a problem with your toe, that they usually do a vascular evaluation before they start operating on the toe.

It would be nicer for me for you to have a personal statement, and I know you probably can't do that because somebody told you to read that.

One of my complaints, to tell you the truth, Doctor, is the fact that the doctors have very little say in how the VA works.

Thank you for your service.

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I mean, it hurts me, because these are blocking and tackling, this is solving the individual problems that veterans have when calling.

This is a crucial thing. I mean, I have had individuals talk to me about this very problem, you know, and they try to kill themselves in the parking lot of the VA because they couldn't get help.

So you are telling me that there are only 12 places in the country that this is actually occurring out of the hundreds of VA facilities around?

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It is definitely cheaper to deny the care.

So this would keep somebody out of a nursing home--

Why do you object to that?

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That makes a lot of sense then. I will yield back.

I think, to tell you the truth, if you had to pay somebody to go to the home for 6 to 8 hours, it would cost you more than $300.

I think we are talking about two different patient sets, though.

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