Posted on 03/12/2009 6:08:10 PM PDT by Kozman
I'm not much for government spending, but asking soldiers to pay with private insurance for their war injuries would be about the last thing I would do...
But...Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed...that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance...
(Excerpt) Read more at economicpolicyjournal.com ...
You don’t get the Obama Admn. They deal in obfuscation. That said, “services related injuries” sounds pretty clear to me.
You mean John Semmens didn’t write this??
Everyday I think I can’t dislike Obama more! Then tomorrow comes.
A few years ago the VA started asking for other insurance and started trying to split the cost with other insurance. Personally the VA is my primary health care provider. Not bad if yuo stay reletively healthy. I also had to start paying a small copay for my medication the same time they started the health insurance BS.
But is the for active-duty or veterans?
If it’s veterans, then is Tri-Care set to go away? If it’s active duty, then are they going to be required to buy private insurance? If so, are base hospitals now going to start charging for use?
The article doesn’t even give a clear answer as to WHO will even be affected. I think it *might* be veterans, but that only a guess.
So if I apply the EEIs:
Who: unknown, maybe veterans
What: pay for service-related injuries
When: unknown
Where: where ever there are people with service-related injuries
Why: because of possible new legistation
How: unknown
See what I mean?
If this is Obama’s push to try and eliminate the Tricare-for-Life program, then I know what my views are about that (unfit for public viewing). But this article doesn’t say that, so maybe this is something new? If it is, I’d like to be able to get enough information to research what it might be.
This is extremely sleazy.
I would assume that a lot of vets voted for this goober. Wonder how they feel about it now?
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