Obama: Defense Veto Unless Vets Pay More For Health Care

Investor's Business Daily ^ | July 24, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS

[raptor22]

Politics: A veto of the defense authorization bill is threatened unless the president gets his way. He wants health care insurance premiums and co-pays increased for troops and scheduled military pay raises to be reduced.

Being used as photo-ops for presidential speeches and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for your country apparently does not exempt our troops from the rising health care premiums that President Obama said, along with sea levels, would not rise under his administration. The next time a soldier hears "give me 50," it might be dollars and not push-ups.

The White House has threatened to veto the 2014 Defense Appropriations Act in part because it does not increase premiums and co-pays associated with Tricare, the Pentagon's in-house health system, and because it proposes a 1.8% pay increase instead of the 1% the administration demands.

Tricare, according to its website, "is the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide." As the administration pushes for higher health care costs for military personnel, the benefits of unionized civilian defense workers remain unscathed.

[madison10]

That’s what they get as a thank-you for defending our country...Oba-ma crap. Of all the people that should be getting everything paid for, regardless, the U.S. vets are most deserving.

[Mastador1]

It should be sent to him without an increase so he can veto it, then our so called representatives should resoundingly override his veto! That’s what should happen but we seem to elect emasculated morons.

[Red6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio

But there is no end to free phones.

[ConorMacNessa]

Damn him and all of his Marxist, mendacious, and traitorous henchmen to the unquenchable fires of Gehenna!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[SkyPilot]

He just furloughed 650,000 DoD employees, taking 20% of their pay. 44% of them are veterans themselves. Now he wants to screw over active duty on their pay raise and medical benefits, and completely screw over retired military who earned their health care more than any other group of Americans. He hasn't given his own employees a raise in four years. But, he gives away Trillions to welfare queens, Food Stamp takers, and the Muslim Brotherhood.

[tumblindice]

The punishing of administration enemies will continue until morale improves.

[11th_VA]

"you can keep your health insurance plan ..." (unless it's Tricare)

I actually blame the Generals at the Pentagon as much for this one. They want their money for 'toys' instead of keeping their promises ...

[Nachum]

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[VerySadAmerican]

I wonder if a class action suit could be filed by veterans and anyone who served before they started charging. It’s breech of contract. When I joined I was told I’d get free medical care till I die. Starting with Clinton, it’s gotten more expensive every year.

[liberalh8ter]

Obama’s war on soldiers marches on.....

[xzins]

This is purely political payback. He knows the military, veterans, and retirees vote conservative for the most part.

[V K Lee]

To the dark won. May the Lord bless you with the agonizing death of black plague before bestowing the same on your wife. After which Monty Python will be pushing his cart thru the streets proclaiming “Bring out your dead”

[GeronL]

how about all public employees pay more for their own pension and healthcare?

[Lancey Howard]

This is purely political payback.

Certainly. And he knows his slavish American newsrooms and the moocher base of the Democrat party have absolutely no respect for the military, so he's faces no backlash at all.

[Steve Newton]

Why is it something EVERYDAY with this administration? Will they not stop until no one joins the military anymore?

[SgtHooper]

If there are any dunderhead military voting as rats, maybe, just maybe, this may be a wakeup call.

[jazusamo]

Obama: Defense Veto Unless Vets Pay More For Health Care

What a pathetic president and human being.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When it comes to vets, Barry and the ‘RATS remind me of that old song, “Smiling Faces” from back in the 70s.

[Billthedrill]

Call his bluff. Make him do it. He won’t.