Question For Military Veterans Using The VA For Their Health Care?

gunbunny.
The phlebotomist, (I call them the vampires) wouldn't draw my blood, as the computer didn't tell her to do so.
I went around and around with her that i have appointments to see both doctors and i have always come in a few days early, to have the blood drawn, for the analysis, so the doctors can tell how i'm doing.
She wouldn't draw the blood, and you can see i have appointments, and what the hell do you think I'm doing here.
So i get a little bit verbal, and raised my voice a bit, to be assertive, and get my point across, and she wouldn't listen to me.
She called the VA police on me, and holy ****, three VA police showed up at the lab.
Make a long story short, the cops get the situation under control, got the blood drawn by another vampire, the blood got analysed, made my doctors appointments, and they told me my numbers were good, for those evaluations.
That happens everywhere I guess. Unless you are wealthy, health care is a crap shoot. You were assuredly in the wrong as the 'vampire' (lol) cannot draw blood without an order from an MD. It is the doctor that is at fault, or one of his minions. It happened to me, well sort of, the doctor ordered the wrong labs and I got loud and irate. I felt like a real *** afterwards and apologized to the staff next time around.

Anyway, concerning level of care....I was assigned an intern, he was a chief fellow and a great doctor already. He worked at the VA all the time. It's good to have a bright young doctor that keeps up with the newest treatments.