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You said ABC is paying for this. I hope so. I also wonder why these civilians are being treated in a military hospital. I'm a retiree and have a hard time getting seen in our military hospital.
They should have been sent to a civilian hospital in wherever once they were stable enough to be moved ie out of IRAQ.

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>They should have been sent to a civilian hospital in wherever once they were stable enough to be moved ie out of IRAQ.<

You are letting your bias get in the way of common sense.The only way to evacuate them fom a military hospital in Iraq is on military aircraft.They go to Germany not New York City or Washington.The Drs. in Germany are the most skilled in the world at dealing with war casualties.When the armed forces except them as inbeds they owe them protection and care equal to that afforded our troops.

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As to who pays for this...I don't know but at one time I went to Kosovo for research on a project. I was there for ten days and was fortunate enough to go on a number of patrols with US troops out of Bondsteel. My regular insurance would not cover me since it considered Kosovo a war-zone. The US gov't wouldn't (in fact I never asked). I ended up paying Lloyds $1,000.00 USD per day for full coverage including death benefit.