I am a 50% disabled veteran of the Air Force. I was a cold war Minuteman III Missile systems analyst, repairing and targeting everything in the silos in colorado, wyoming, and nebraska many moons ago. I have had 15 surgeries in the past and will have two more in the next five months, so I am at either a hospital in Tampa, St. Pete, or the Cape coral clinic about every three weeks for a doctor appt, labs, MRI, or x-rays. Each place has different specialties, so a lot of time in the road, and there are many waiting rooms. Just the lab ag St. pete (Bay Pines) always has at least 50 people waiting when i am there, so having something to read is a plus, same at x-ray. When I started going to the VA in the 1980's it was all old guys from WWII and Korea, now it is young guys from the current conflicts missing body parts, they will be coming into the system for the next fifty years. I get my tidy disability check every month, free care and meds, and do not have to deal with the current health insurance mess, although I did once wait 36 months for a specialty appointment.

BTW, Obama won, read that at my Mammogram last month!

Cheers!
JudyJFLA