I’m in the VA system and my experience with their mental health care was awesome compared to what my experience when I was on private insurance.
I called for a mental health appt and they got me in to see an in person provider within a week. They called me every day until my appointment to make sure I was ok. Because my closest VA center was over an hour away, I was then set up care in the community but also a weekly phone in appt with a counselor until I was able to see a local provider in person. They also got me an updated list of people who were taking new patients.
My private experience was go online and find a provider via the insurance website which never had accurate and up to date information. Call around to see if the information was correct and they were still taking my insurance and they were still accepting new patients. Wait a month until they could get me in. Pay a bunch of money.
sparkle_bunny_ t1_j5udsor wrote
Reply to All U.S. veterans in suicidal crisis are now eligible for free care at any VA or private facility -- Veterans do not have to be enrolled in the VA system to be eligible for the free emergency mental health care. by StcStasi
I’m in the VA system and my experience with their mental health care was awesome compared to what my experience when I was on private insurance.
I called for a mental health appt and they got me in to see an in person provider within a week. They called me every day until my appointment to make sure I was ok. Because my closest VA center was over an hour away, I was then set up care in the community but also a weekly phone in appt with a counselor until I was able to see a local provider in person. They also got me an updated list of people who were taking new patients.
My private experience was go online and find a provider via the insurance website which never had accurate and up to date information. Call around to see if the information was correct and they were still taking my insurance and they were still accepting new patients. Wait a month until they could get me in. Pay a bunch of money.