In life you need a job that can support your lifestyle and still leave you some money to save and invest. Normally you can start by age 25. Just as the pioneers averaged 15 miles a day, you should set a goal of saving an average of 15% of your lifestyle spending every year. By age 31, you should reach Fort Kearny, Nebraska, the first landmark of retirement. Ideally, you should have saved enough to fund your spending for an entire year. Save 15% for six years, plus a little growth, and you should have 100% of what you spend in a year.
If VA has no primary-care doctor on staff, a referral for private care is required. That change alone should open the program to about 160,000 more veterans, officials said. The new rules also allow referrals to private doctors for any veteran who must travel by air, boat or ferry to a VA facility. Before the âChoiceâ card rolled out last year, veterans could only receive outside care for emergencies â wherever the closest hospital is, for instance â or for procedures VA didnât offer.
Fact Sheet 20-02: Non-VA Emergency Care. Document explaining what VA might be able to do for you if you need emergency care and it is not possible for you to go to a VA Medical Center. Fact Sheet 20-05: Ambulance Transport at VA ExpenseâA Guide for Veterans.