Obama Seeks to Charge Vets for Service Related Health Conditions Posted on Wednesday, March 18 @ 00:15:22 EDT
Topic: Barack Obama
While the Obama administration hands out billions of dollars to prop up failed businesses, it seeks to save $540 million in tax revenue by forcing vets to use private insurance for service related health concerns. While no official details of the plan have been made available, it seems to me that the big idea is that if a veteran has private insurance he will be forced to use it and pay any deductibles involved, thus causing a cascade of side effects including higher insurance premiums for military veterans.
Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion met with Obama on March 16th after which he was quoted as saying, "It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," ... "This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate 'to care for him who shall have borne the battle' given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America's veterans!"
The meeting between senior officials from veterans service organizations with President Obama, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, the overseer of defense spending at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) came as a response to a letter of protest co-signed by Commander Rehbein and the heads of ten colleague organizations. The following is excerpted from the letter: "There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable."
If the government can't even afford to cover expenses for health concerns veterans receive following orders while serving in the military how in the hell does it expect to cover the health care of every single individual residing in the United States, citizen or not. It comes as no surprise to me, but it is clear where Mr. Obama's priorities lie. Illegal Alien > Injured War Hero. This government becomes more revolting every single day.
