Army Sgt. Erik Roberts was badly wounded in Iraq with two comrades in April 2006.
Roberts, shown with his mom, Robin, had 13 surgeries on his leg. He was billed $3,000 for treatment.
Posted on 03/26/2009 9:33:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Erik Roberts, an Army sergeant who was wounded in Iraq, underwent his 13th surgery recently to save his right leg from amputation. Imagine his shock when he got a bill for $3,000 for his treatment. "I just thought it was bull---- that I'm getting billed for being wounded in Iraq doing my job. I always put the mission first, and now that I was wounded in Iraq, they're sending me bills," he said. "I put my life on the line and I was wounded in combat, and I came back and they're not going to take care of my medical bills?" It's a level of outrage shared by his mother, as well as the doctor who performed the surgery.
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Army Sgt. Erik Roberts was badly wounded in Iraq with two comrades in April 2006.
Roberts, shown with his mom, Robin, had 13 surgeries on his leg. He was billed $3,000 for treatment.
...Congress, USSC, Pr Obama!!
Oh, wait... I forgot, none of these care about moral right/wrong, Upholding the Constitution, or such.
We can send $900 million to the Palestinians without any problem. Disgusting story. Just disgusting.
No the "outrage" of the story is that the people at CNN and their Democrat colleagues want to put the same people who are in charge of the VA Hospital system in charge of the US hospital system.
If Obama has his way, all soldiers will pay for their war wounds.
CNN doesn’t care about the military. All these Dem tools care about is ridiculing the military and making sure every story about the military is a sad and bad one.
This must be sent to Rush, Hannity, Levin, Savage, and Roger Hedgecock ASAP. Get this information out to the American people and sit back and watch what hits the fan, IMO.
It’s going out to my email list now.
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There are a lot of things wrong in this story- the shabby treatment he got at the VA, his private insurance being billed, and then to be told he owes $3,000- WOW. We as citizens need to protest this each and every time we hear about it. If we call upon someone to serve this country we MUST take care of them properly if they are wounded doing so- no excuses.
I am outraged. Here is a fine man that served his country to save someone like Obama. Obama needs to go.
Absolutely heartbreaking. We’ve got to get this story out.
God bless you and please know that America honors your service and sacrifice.
THAT IS ONE GREAT IDEA! ( TRYING TO SOUND LIKE TONY THE TIGER HERE)
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