Reply #16: My first husband died in 1975. [View All]

He had served in WWII and Korea. He was Navy.

When he became ill with a non-service related illness, he got free care at Hines VA. He was in a private hospital for awhile, but did all his chemo at the VA hospital.

One of the the things I noticed was that lots of the doctors and nurses there were people who were vets who worked in private practices, but they volunteered a few days a week at the VA hospital. My husband's oncologist did not have to do this. He was just a good guy.

There is no reason we cannot continue this service to our veterans. So many people have limited insurance, or none at all. Even though we had insurance, the cost of his care could have bankrupted us without the VA.