OUR REMARKABLE VA CLINIC—

Monday, August 6 I had an eye examination at the local Veterans Administration clinic.

Saturday, August 11 my new glasses arrived in the mail; from Nebraska, no less.

And, except for the optional sun tinted lenses, they were free.

This place is astounding.

Back when the army’s Walter Reed Hospital facility in Washington, DC was taking some well deserved lumps for its lousy service I wrote a letter to the local paper suggesting the bureaucratic weenies responsible for that fiasco should visit Mansfield’s clinic and take a lesson.

Here’s another example. I’ve been going there for my primary medical care for more than four years now and I’ve never failed to be in and out of there before the scheduled time of my appointment.

And this with a doctor who treats you like you are his most important patient.

And, a doctor who has never once missed his diagnosis.

And a staff that is not only efficient, but courteous and friendly.

And, all this wrapped up in a modern and clean facility with free parking at the door.

And, except for the lens option on my new glasses, I have never paid for any of their service except for my prescriptions which have only recently been raised to the price of 12 bucks each—also delivered to my mailbox.

Hallelujah!