Feds can't provide health care now
I believe it is about time for me to put an example in front of the readers of The World in regard to the public option or single-payer system health care program that is being debated in Congress. As a disabled American veteran, I am entitled to use...
 2.4K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 336.0 Seasonal flu shot is free for veterans
The Veterans Affairs is offering free flu vaccinations for eligible veterans at walk-in flu clinics. No appointment is necessary. Clinics are scheduled in North Bend, 2191 Marion St., and in Brookings at 555 Fifth St. North Bend This week through Fri...
1.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 297.0 VA offers flu shots
The Veterans Affairs is offering free flu vaccinations for eligible veterans on the South Coast. These will be offered through walk-in flu clinics. No appointment is necessary. Clinics are scheduled in North Bend, 2191 Marion St., and in Brookings at...
1.0K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 297.0 Flu shots planned for veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free flu vaccinations for eligible veterans on the South Coast. These will be offered through walk-in flu clinics. No appointment is necessary. Clinics are scheduled in North Bend, 2191 Marion St., and i...
1.1K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 297.0 Nation failed this citizen, veteran
I was in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1961. I received an honorable discharge. While stationed on the USS Staten Island on the way to Antarctica, we stopped in New Zealand to pick up equipment. Two other guys and I were carrying a 200-pound roll of cab...
2.2K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 297.0 Activists rally musical crowd on health care reform
COOS BAY Health care reform advocates served up music and meat Tuesday night as part of an effort to raise awareness about a single-payer system. Folksingers from Grants Pass, California, Texas and Pennsylvania urged people to call their federal le...
2.8K - Jul. 15, 2009; scored 243.0 Vets still can't get adequate care
Does anyone realize that the North Bend VA Clinic is the same do-nothing clinic as Bandon? They built a nice building. Did they upgrade services? Nope. Do they even have X-ray? Nope. Do they have a doctor available? Nope! So what s the difference? I ...
0.6K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 243.0 Project aims to help troubled veterans
COOS BAY They are warriors. They see themselves as strong. They don t realize or don t want to believe they need help. Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder discover months or years later it takes more than time and a few drin...
3.7K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 357.0 VA office dedication
Veterans Affairs officials are inviting the community to a formal dedication ceremony for the VA Roseburg Healthcare System's recently opened Community Based Outpatient Clinic in North Bend. The event is scheduled at 1 p.m. Friday at 2191 Marion St....
0.4K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 188.0 New VA clinic opens
The new Veterans Affairs Roseburg Healthcare System's clinic in North Bend is open for the business of tending to veterans' health concerns. The clinic next to the Pony Village Mall on Marion Street behind Safeway opened Monday. The new clinic replac...
0.6K - May. 12, 2009; scored 1000.0 VA to open new clinic on Monday
The Veteran Affairs Roseburg Healthcare System's clinic in Bandon has closed in preparation for opening a new clinic in North Bend on Monday. The new clinic is near the Pony Village Mall at 2191 Marion St. Veterans who need to see a doctor and would ...
0.6K - May. 7, 2009; scored 188.0 Bandon VA clinic closes
The Veteran Affairs Roseburg Healthcare System's clinic in Bandon served its last patients Friday. The clinic will be permanently closed in preparation for opening a new clinic in North Bend on May 11. The new clinic is near the Pony Village Mall at ...
0.7K - May. 2, 2009; scored 188.0 VA says 16 patients infected with hepatitis
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Viral infections, including hepatitis, have been found in 16 patients exposed to contaminated equipment at Veterans Affairs medical facilities, a department spokeswoman said Friday. So far, 10 colonoscopy patients from the VA med...
4.4K - Mar. 28, 2009; scored 453.0 Research looks at PTSD and addiction
WASHINGTON Reaching for a cigarette to cope with a flashback is all too common among sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder. The nicotine hit may feel good but scientists say its brain action probably makes their PTSD worse in the long run. He...
5.5K - Feb. 9, 2009; scored 437.0 Audit: More bad accounting in veterans health care program
WASHINGTON Two years after a politically embarrassing $1 billion shortfall that imperiled veterans health care, the Veterans Affairs Department is still lowballing budget estimates to Congress to keep its spending down, government investig...
4.7K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 521.0 Military Order fills 100 stockings for veterans
Chapter and Unit No. 1942 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart had the privilege of helping fill 100 Christmas stocking for homeless veterans who visit the Eugene Clinic. Each stocking holds new underwear, socks, knit caps, knit gloves, toothbru...
0.7K - Dec. 20, 2008; scored 188.0 Clinic offers free flu shots for eligible vets
Bandon Veterans Clinic located at 1010 First St. S.E. is offering free flu vaccinations for eligible veterans from 8 a.m. through noon, on Thursday, Nov. 20. This is a walk-in flu clinic. No appointment is necessary. Flu vaccines will be available th...
0.8K - Nov. 13, 2008; scored 243.0 | 
