I have always heard that expression, and thought it would be nice to be one of them folks.
Now I am.
The V.A. is doing a research program, testing one Million Vets. It is a study of Genetics, you fill out a questionnaire as a baseline, and they track your health, study many health factors, the link below will explain it better than I could here.
It took an extra vial of blood, that's it.
I noticed changes in the admitting and other improvements at the Leavenworth hospital. A check-in Kiosk, swipe your card and it logs you in. Slick.
They are trying to improve. That hospital, the caregivers and the care I get there, has always been great.
The study:
http://www.research.va.gov/mvp/veterans.cfm