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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What time of the weather.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Ken nine says two day it's gonna be a humid, humid, humid,
cloudy and humid showers are likely this afternoon seventy two
for the high. Over night lois sixty with some rain,
scattered afternoon showers Tomorrow with the highest seventy six. Overnight
lowis sixty two with a slight chancer ring and a
hot Thursday going up to eighty four degrees along with
some cloud sixty seven. Right now, time for final traffic.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
From the UCL Traffic Center.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You See Health has expert traumacare focusing non prevention, treating
injuries and supporting long term recovery and rehabilitation.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Learn more at you see health dot com.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
North Pen seventy five continues slow out of earl Anger
into the cut, then slowed between Mitchell and an accident
at Shepherd. Left lane is walked off southbound seventy five
break lights through walk on southbound seventy one heavy yes
just above to seventy five through Kenwood.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Chuck Ingram on fifty five KRC the talk station.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Hey forty six fifty five KERCD talk station Happy Tuesday,
helping out the American veteran which done every single day,
the Cincinnava, which we're blessed to have here, got a
great VA and joining us to talk about VA benefits
and the five essential VA benefits of veterans. Ingerd about
welcome back, Todd Sledge. It's always a pleasure to have
me on my program.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Yeah, Brian, good morning to you, and look forward to
talking about these five essential things that I always make
sure veterans know about her hear about.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Well, let's dive on into them. Let's talk about number one.
There are five, yep, all five.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Well, the first one, obviously I'm going to talk about
is the healthcare benefits with you and I talk about
so much, and that is just you know, any unenrolled veteran,
our veteran who's not enrolled to give us a call
in our eligibility office and find out how do we
fit into your personal healthcare portfolio? Very simple to do
and so you know, and we'll give out that number
(01:50):
for that eligibility piece. The second piece is any kind
of disability benefits, and we have some wonderful service officers
located throughout you know, the Trice State area, but I
encourage any veterans to contact their local County Veteran Service
Commission here in Ohio, particularly Hamilton County, Claremont County, Butler County,
Warren County as far as we stretch. So those are
(02:14):
those are two of the three, you know. The third
one is you know, it's the GI Bill and the
and the educational and vocational benefits that veterans UH, you
know are definitely entitle to UH and they should check
those things out because those levels of service connection besides
the monetary value, they also provide long term benefits like
long term care h and different educational benefits that veterans
(02:37):
may not be aware of it and could also lead
to some styles of benefits as well. So those there's
three of the three of the five.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
On the GI bill that that program is available for
something beyond a regular four year college degree. You don't
have to consider going to a four year degree. Can
can you be used at GI bill for maybe vocational
training or associate's degree or something along those lines.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Yeah, any any level of education or vocational training BRIAN
is available through the GI bill part and that's where
the county offices can steer you in that right direction.
Of course.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Well that's great because there's a huge demand out there
for the trades, and the idea that the GI bill
can help one of my veteran friends out there, you know,
I would think they would be particularly well suited for
the trades.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah, I one hundred percent agree. And for an example
of that on which I hope to maybe bring on
the next show next month, I have a colleague that
actually runs a vocational training program specifically for veterans in
the HVAC field. Oh great, And as we all know,
we can't have enough of those technicians you know today
(03:42):
because they're kind of sparse. But yeah, there are scholarship
programs through that as well as the stuff with the
GI bill, you know, to be able to do that
part of that. So, you know, just continuing forward on
some of these other essential benefits is the burial benefits
as well that people are you know, may not be
aware of that they can line up you know, ahead
(04:02):
of time, just like any other private citizen can do,
and and make sure that they're available to do that.
And then I also like to make sure people understand
about the VET Center as well. The VET Center is
another essential benefit that folks can take advantage of who
maybe don't lean on the VA, but you know, need
some family counseling or specific counseling related to their There
(04:23):
are combat missions and tours that they've done. So those
are the five essential things. I always try to make
sure veterans at least educated about and don't leave the
boxes unchecked. What's what's happens a lot of times the
two the first two benefits are usually checked, is the
healthcare and the disability benefits, but the other boxes go unchecked,
and they can be they can be life changing if
(04:45):
they're not taking taking advantage of.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah, no question about it. Some some terrific services there
for the American veteran. And when you talk about the
medical care, we always try to emphasize that we knew
and I talk with the opportunities for veterans to get
some really one or full medical care benefits at the
VA that can work along with their typical medical insurance
premium or policy that they maybe have from their employer.
(05:08):
Because quite often the veterans are out there and employed
and there they get good medical coverage for the employer,
they tend to overlook what's offered at the VA. Now
that medical policy you've got through your employer, maybe that
doesn't cover hearing, aids or other services, maybe has limited
benefits for perhaps some therapy sessions. And you've got some
terrific services there for the at the VA that address
(05:29):
needs that the veterans have, and that may not be
as good as what they're getting through their employer or
their insurance.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Yeah, absolutely, Brian. And you know that's when I talk
about how does the VA healthcare system, which is a
benefit system we're not in. We're not insurance based, not
like you're an HMO or a PPO. These are benefits
that help supplement different types of healthcare benefits that you
would be or somebody to be eligible for to put
(05:59):
into your health care portfolio, just like you do any
other kinds of resources. And you're right, some of the
more expensive, high end medical treatments, you know, may may
either be free at the VA or minimum copays. Because
one of the things that we do make sure is
if you have multiple appointments with us, we try to
(06:20):
couple those on one day so that you're not coming
back at different times. And the advantage of that is
one of the advantages of that is is that if
you have multiple specialty appointments that have a cope you're
only in if you're susceptible to a cope, you're only
going to pay one copey, whereas in the private sector,
if you bounce around offices, you may have separate copays
(06:40):
at each place.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That's a great point.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I don't recall you making that one before, but that's
those copays can really add up, Todd.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Yes they can, Yes, they can, absolutely well. And also
our pharmaceutical benefits that we have with the power that
we bind with our system and our specialty clinics as
you mentioned, you know, aids, eyeglasses, mental health sessions, prosthetics,
there's a lot of different benefits that we can plug
into that. You know, you don't have to use us
(07:10):
full time. That's the great advantage. And the other thing
is we also collect your insurance information, so if you
do have a copay, we build your insurance versus asking
you for a copay, So it works. It works on both.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Ends excellent well. And you've obviously painted a great picture
on why it's important for veterans to enroll in the
v A healthcare system. You say, under the age of fifties,
seriously consider it. I guess for the reason you just
spoke about.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, absolutely, you know, and my long tenure of being
out in the veteran community, you know, one of the
things I've always seen is that veterans don't really think
about the VA healthcare system or be involved in it
until later in life. I'll say, you know, early late
seventies and eighties, when when healthcare situations can really pile
(07:56):
up financially, and so you know, getting enrolled with getting
you know, getting your yourself established with US before the
age of fifty. As I can attest, as I've gotten
past fifty, I've spent more time at a medical office
than I ever have for just small things that add up.
And so we want you need to get enrolled early.
Do it early so that when you do need US,
(08:19):
you're not in a private sector going or your family
asked and asking you like well, dad or mom, you
know you you served in the military. Why aren't you
using the VA. You have a seamless transition with with
your healthcare with US and UH and the medical records.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
To go along with it. Amen to that.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
So get enrolled, and as we do, we always part
company on how a veteran gets enrolled with the v
A healthcare system, and to also remain actively enrolled.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Yeah, so it's pretty simple for veterans that are not
enrolled in our system. We have a direct dial eligibility office.
The veterans can call and that number is five one
three four seven, five six four nine nine. That's five
one three four seven, five six four nine to nine
to give them a call and ask some questions over
the phone. They can help determine if you're eligible for
(09:05):
VA Healthcare, which you O'Brien, I talked to you many
many times that you're not automatically enrolled in VA Healthcare
as a veteran.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
You have to enroll someday, so.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
You know exactly and you know, come down afterwards and
you know, get get the paperwork all lined up. I
do encourage that a face to face interaction happens with
us versus versus doing it online in the in the
bigger system. And if you if someone out there has
the power of attorney for a veteran, they can also
call that eligibility office and work with our office to
(09:38):
get that that veteran squared away. And then you know,
if you're not really active in your healthcare, you don't
need it. We do require that we see you at
least every twelve to twenty four months, so that you
remain active in our system. It's not that you're ever
kicked out of the system. This helps us keep updated
on your preventive health stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
That's good keeping the American veterans well healthy too. You
got to see a doctor, I would argue every year,
so that encourages that. Todd's ledge.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
We have all the American Veterans for what you do
at the Cincinniva. I love having you on and spreading
the news about this. Keep up the great work and
we'll talk again next month.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Yeah. Absolutely, Brian always appreciates your support and your advocacy
for us.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Happy to do it and be in the position to
do so. Take care of my friend. Have a wonderful week.
Eight fifty six. Dan Claire, Communication Director Outreach officer for
the Disabled American Veterans boot camp this weekend for you
entrepreneur veterans, get the info fifty five cars dot com.
Listen to my conversation with Deputy Politics editor Bradley J
from bright Bart News on why Ed Martin's getting an
(10:39):
earful from certain senators. Daniel Davis deep died with the
latest on Russia and Pakistan and India. It's all there
fifty five kr SE dot com plus the op ed
piece I read, which was really absolutely wonderful, The Decivilizing
of America by Victor David Hanson right there fifty five
car Sea dot com. Thank you, Joe Strecker. Folks, have
a wonderful day. Don't go away. Glenn Beck's coming up.
(10:59):
Stay on top of the day's biggest stories at the
top of the hour, and that's so important. Another update
coming up on fifty five KRZ the talk station.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
This re
What time of the weather.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Ken nine says two day it's gonna be a humid, humid, humid,
cloudy and humid showers are likely this afternoon seventy two
for the high. Over night lois sixty with some rain,
scattered afternoon showers Tomorrow with the highest seventy six. Overnight
lowis sixty two with a slight chancer ring and a
hot Thursday going up to eighty four degrees along with
some cloud sixty seven. Right now, time for final traffic.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
From the UCL Traffic Center.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You See Health has expert traumacare focusing non prevention, treating
injuries and supporting long term recovery and rehabilitation.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Learn more at you see health dot com.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
North Pen seventy five continues slow out of earl Anger
into the cut, then slowed between Mitchell and an accident
at Shepherd. Left lane is walked off southbound seventy five
break lights through walk on southbound seventy one heavy yes
just above to seventy five through Kenwood.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Chuck Ingram on fifty five KRC the talk station.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Hey forty six fifty five KERCD talk station Happy Tuesday,
helping out the American veteran which done every single day,
the Cincinnava, which we're blessed to have here, got a
great VA and joining us to talk about VA benefits
and the five essential VA benefits of veterans. Ingerd about
welcome back, Todd Sledge. It's always a pleasure to have
me on my program.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Yeah, Brian, good morning to you, and look forward to
talking about these five essential things that I always make
sure veterans know about her hear about.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Well, let's dive on into them. Let's talk about number one.
There are five, yep, all five.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Well, the first one, obviously I'm going to talk about
is the healthcare benefits with you and I talk about
so much, and that is just you know, any unenrolled veteran,
our veteran who's not enrolled to give us a call
in our eligibility office and find out how do we
fit into your personal healthcare portfolio? Very simple to do
and so you know, and we'll give out that number
(01:50):
for that eligibility piece. The second piece is any kind
of disability benefits, and we have some wonderful service officers
located throughout you know, the Trice State area, but I
encourage any veterans to contact their local County Veteran Service
Commission here in Ohio, particularly Hamilton County, Claremont County, Butler County,
Warren County as far as we stretch. So those are
(02:14):
those are two of the three, you know. The third
one is you know, it's the GI Bill and the
and the educational and vocational benefits that veterans UH, you
know are definitely entitle to UH and they should check
those things out because those levels of service connection besides
the monetary value, they also provide long term benefits like
long term care h and different educational benefits that veterans
(02:37):
may not be aware of it and could also lead
to some styles of benefits as well. So those there's
three of the three of the five.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
On the GI bill that that program is available for
something beyond a regular four year college degree. You don't
have to consider going to a four year degree. Can
can you be used at GI bill for maybe vocational
training or associate's degree or something along those lines.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Yeah, any any level of education or vocational training BRIAN
is available through the GI bill part and that's where
the county offices can steer you in that right direction.
Of course.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Well that's great because there's a huge demand out there
for the trades, and the idea that the GI bill
can help one of my veteran friends out there, you know,
I would think they would be particularly well suited for
the trades.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah, I one hundred percent agree. And for an example
of that on which I hope to maybe bring on
the next show next month, I have a colleague that
actually runs a vocational training program specifically for veterans in
the HVAC field. Oh great, And as we all know,
we can't have enough of those technicians you know today
(03:42):
because they're kind of sparse. But yeah, there are scholarship
programs through that as well as the stuff with the
GI bill, you know, to be able to do that
part of that. So, you know, just continuing forward on
some of these other essential benefits is the burial benefits
as well that people are you know, may not be
aware of that they can line up you know, ahead
(04:02):
of time, just like any other private citizen can do,
and and make sure that they're available to do that.
And then I also like to make sure people understand
about the VET Center as well. The VET Center is
another essential benefit that folks can take advantage of who
maybe don't lean on the VA, but you know, need
some family counseling or specific counseling related to their There
(04:23):
are combat missions and tours that they've done. So those
are the five essential things. I always try to make
sure veterans at least educated about and don't leave the
boxes unchecked. What's what's happens a lot of times the
two the first two benefits are usually checked, is the
healthcare and the disability benefits, but the other boxes go unchecked,
and they can be they can be life changing if
(04:45):
they're not taking taking advantage of.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah, no question about it. Some some terrific services there
for the American veteran. And when you talk about the
medical care, we always try to emphasize that we knew
and I talk with the opportunities for veterans to get
some really one or full medical care benefits at the
VA that can work along with their typical medical insurance
premium or policy that they maybe have from their employer.
(05:08):
Because quite often the veterans are out there and employed
and there they get good medical coverage for the employer,
they tend to overlook what's offered at the VA. Now
that medical policy you've got through your employer, maybe that
doesn't cover hearing, aids or other services, maybe has limited
benefits for perhaps some therapy sessions. And you've got some
terrific services there for the at the VA that address
(05:29):
needs that the veterans have, and that may not be
as good as what they're getting through their employer or
their insurance.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Yeah, absolutely, Brian. And you know that's when I talk
about how does the VA healthcare system, which is a
benefit system we're not in. We're not insurance based, not
like you're an HMO or a PPO. These are benefits
that help supplement different types of healthcare benefits that you
would be or somebody to be eligible for to put
(05:59):
into your health care portfolio, just like you do any
other kinds of resources. And you're right, some of the
more expensive, high end medical treatments, you know, may may
either be free at the VA or minimum copays. Because
one of the things that we do make sure is
if you have multiple appointments with us, we try to
(06:20):
couple those on one day so that you're not coming
back at different times. And the advantage of that is
one of the advantages of that is is that if
you have multiple specialty appointments that have a cope you're
only in if you're susceptible to a cope, you're only
going to pay one copey, whereas in the private sector,
if you bounce around offices, you may have separate copays
(06:40):
at each place.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That's a great point.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I don't recall you making that one before, but that's
those copays can really add up, Todd.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Yes they can, Yes, they can, absolutely well. And also
our pharmaceutical benefits that we have with the power that
we bind with our system and our specialty clinics as
you mentioned, you know, aids, eyeglasses, mental health sessions, prosthetics,
there's a lot of different benefits that we can plug
into that. You know, you don't have to use us
(07:10):
full time. That's the great advantage. And the other thing
is we also collect your insurance information, so if you
do have a copay, we build your insurance versus asking
you for a copay, So it works. It works on both.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Ends excellent well. And you've obviously painted a great picture
on why it's important for veterans to enroll in the
v A healthcare system. You say, under the age of fifties,
seriously consider it. I guess for the reason you just
spoke about.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Yeah, absolutely, you know, and my long tenure of being
out in the veteran community, you know, one of the
things I've always seen is that veterans don't really think
about the VA healthcare system or be involved in it
until later in life. I'll say, you know, early late
seventies and eighties, when when healthcare situations can really pile
(07:56):
up financially, and so you know, getting enrolled with getting
you know, getting your yourself established with US before the
age of fifty. As I can attest, as I've gotten
past fifty, I've spent more time at a medical office
than I ever have for just small things that add up.
And so we want you need to get enrolled early.
Do it early so that when you do need US,
(08:19):
you're not in a private sector going or your family
asked and asking you like well, dad or mom, you
know you you served in the military. Why aren't you
using the VA. You have a seamless transition with with
your healthcare with US and UH and the medical records.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
To go along with it. Amen to that.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
So get enrolled, and as we do, we always part
company on how a veteran gets enrolled with the v
A healthcare system, and to also remain actively enrolled.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Yeah, so it's pretty simple for veterans that are not
enrolled in our system. We have a direct dial eligibility office.
The veterans can call and that number is five one
three four seven, five six four nine nine. That's five
one three four seven, five six four nine to nine
to give them a call and ask some questions over
the phone. They can help determine if you're eligible for
(09:05):
VA Healthcare, which you O'Brien, I talked to you many
many times that you're not automatically enrolled in VA Healthcare
as a veteran.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
You have to enroll someday, so.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
You know exactly and you know, come down afterwards and
you know, get get the paperwork all lined up. I
do encourage that a face to face interaction happens with
us versus versus doing it online in the in the
bigger system. And if you if someone out there has
the power of attorney for a veteran, they can also
call that eligibility office and work with our office to
(09:38):
get that that veteran squared away. And then you know,
if you're not really active in your healthcare, you don't
need it. We do require that we see you at
least every twelve to twenty four months, so that you
remain active in our system. It's not that you're ever
kicked out of the system. This helps us keep updated
on your preventive health stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
That's good keeping the American veterans well healthy too. You
got to see a doctor, I would argue every year,
so that encourages that. Todd's ledge.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
We have all the American Veterans for what you do
at the Cincinniva. I love having you on and spreading
the news about this. Keep up the great work and
we'll talk again next month.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Yeah. Absolutely, Brian always appreciates your support and your advocacy
for us.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Happy to do it and be in the position to
do so. Take care of my friend. Have a wonderful week.
Eight fifty six. Dan Claire, Communication Director Outreach officer for
the Disabled American Veterans boot camp this weekend for you
entrepreneur veterans, get the info fifty five cars dot com.
Listen to my conversation with Deputy Politics editor Bradley J
from bright Bart News on why Ed Martin's getting an
(10:39):
earful from certain senators. Daniel Davis deep died with the
latest on Russia and Pakistan and India. It's all there
fifty five kr SE dot com plus the op ed
piece I read, which was really absolutely wonderful, The Decivilizing
of America by Victor David Hanson right there fifty five
car Sea dot com. Thank you, Joe Strecker. Folks, have
a wonderful day. Don't go away. Glenn Beck's coming up.
(10:59):
Stay on top of the day's biggest stories at the
top of the hour, and that's so important. Another update
coming up on fifty five KRZ the talk station.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
This re
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