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Senators slam plan for wounded vets to use private insurance
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/veterans.health.insurance/index.html ^

Posted on 03/12/2009 8:46:55 AM PDT by Def Conservative

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: military; obama; va; veterans; vets
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1 posted on 03/12/2009 8:46:59 AM PDT by Def Conservative
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To: Def Conservative

I wonder if he has a clue about the “stuff” on page 47?


2 posted on 03/12/2009 8:50:10 AM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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To: Def Conservative

Hatred of the military by Obama. I am soooo surprised . .


3 posted on 03/12/2009 8:50:45 AM PDT by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: Def Conservative

Oh, Free heath care for illegals but not for troops?


4 posted on 03/12/2009 8:50:59 AM PDT by mylife ( The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Def Conservative

Go forward with it, Big 0...let everyone see your sickness...and let them see it get shot down.


5 posted on 03/12/2009 8:51:29 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Def Conservative

My disgust for this Administration grows with every passing minute.


6 posted on 03/12/2009 8:51:37 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: Def Conservative

Unfreakingbelievable.


7 posted on 03/12/2009 8:51:51 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
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To: Def Conservative
The government is always admitting that it cannot manage or provide health care for the relatively small population of veterans (who deserve it), while insisting that they can run health care for the entire population of the United States (and criminal aliens).
8 posted on 03/12/2009 8:52:03 AM PDT by Never on my watch (What part of Socialism works and what part of Capitalism doesn't?)
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To: mylife

Let that be the battle cry.
I think it would be political suicide for any member of Congress that voted for it.


9 posted on 03/12/2009 8:53:14 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: Def Conservative

i would think that private insurance companies would have a huge problem with this. i know life insurance companies have a disclaimer not to pay for loss incurred due to acts of war. i would think health insurance would have simialer disclaimers. the country sends them to war then they need to take care of them. period.


10 posted on 03/12/2009 8:53:40 AM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: Def Conservative

Silly soldiers, SCHIP is for aliens.


11 posted on 03/12/2009 8:54:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: mylife

Beat me to it.

I’m glad I am not the only one that sees the irony.


12 posted on 03/12/2009 8:54:42 AM PDT by Never on my watch (What part of Socialism works and what part of Capitalism doesn't?)
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To: Def Conservative

Wait until the troops get a load of this.....I see them soon demanding absolute proof of a real BC for 0.


13 posted on 03/12/2009 8:55:25 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Def Conservative

He previously said that there would be improved benefits for veterans. This man is pure lies.


14 posted on 03/12/2009 8:56:20 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Never on my watch

Where is the outrage?

America had better wake the **** up.


15 posted on 03/12/2009 8:57:37 AM PDT by mylife ( The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: RSmithOpt

As long as the troops are pissed off at Obama, that only leaves the police to get angry next. After that, Obama will have no way to consolidate power by force.


16 posted on 03/12/2009 8:59:08 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Def Conservative

What would those murdered by terrorists say about this?





17 posted on 03/12/2009 9:00:39 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities." - Dune)
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To: txnativegop

Bastard in every sense of the word. He needs to keep in mind that any leader of any country who really screws with the military ends up a very unhappy fella at the end of the day.


18 posted on 03/12/2009 9:01:18 AM PDT by utherdoul
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To: utherdoul

Let us hope Obama is very, very unhappy at the end of the day.


19 posted on 03/12/2009 9:02:55 AM PDT by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: Diogenesis

I’ve never seen that first pic before.


20 posted on 03/12/2009 9:06:43 AM PDT by Sir Gawain ("Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect")
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