> Those that complete a minimum of 20 years, and those that have on-going service connected disabilities should be the priority.
What about those already retired — in their 70s, 80s, and older, with retirement incomes below the poverty level — who can’t afford to pay the supplemental insurance payments for Medicare? They retired with the understanding that they had enough to subsist, if not to live in comfort. Now, at an age when they have little chance of working to support themselves, do you support dumping them into the rest of the indigent population, in many instances causing them to lose their homes or not be able to pay rent, in effect, putting them on the street?
“Sorry, veterans, we changed our minds. ‘Thank you for your service’ and all that, but you old bastards need to get off your duffs and earn a living!”
As a 4 year peace time vet, I wouldn’t even think of walking into a VA hospital with an ailment.
Yes, I believe the VA should be for 20 yr retirees and combat injured.
I wouldn’t have the audacity to think I could even enter that building.
Sorry, but that’s just me.