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RoyalDrew said:Why is the healthcare system part of the problem why we have unfit soldiers? I think you should elaborate a bit. If the healthcare system is part of the problem as to why we have unfit soldiers, it's because they haven't been afforded the necessary tools and policy for them to be able to do their jobs accordingly.
Trying to treat everything with physio for one. It would be much cheaper in the long run to just diagnose the injuries and treat them, even if it includes a $1500 MRI, than to let these injuries drag out for 2 years and then the member gets released. I was fresh off Ph 4 with that torn Patelllar tendon, the military had spend an ungodly amount of money to make me a trained Infantry Officer, and yet they wouldn't spend the $1500 on an MRI to solve the problem so that they could actually get their money's worth. Luckily, through sheer dumb luck, I have recovered to the point of being functional again, but the longevity of my knee is certainly at risk and eventually will require a major surgery, which is only to prolong the life of my knee before I am eventually using a cane.
Two, if you have a member on restrictions who loves to abuse the chit system, you can't send them to the PSP for the "extra PT." They must be sent to a specific PSP member who deals with members on medical restrictions, and only the people that can send them there are the medical staff. I had a member fail a BFT because "his ankle hurts," (I would assume both his ankles hurt carrying around the excess weight). I put him on IC which directed he do remedial fitness. Except I can't make him do remedial fitness because he has restrictions, and the medical staff won't make him do it.
Like I said, I agree in theory that fitness and nutrition should be part of the Medical Corps problem, via the PSP, but I do not in my heart believe that it would be of any benefit to do so given the current state of our medical corps. Under-resourced and overwhelmed.