Obama wants to charge disabled veterans for treatment at VA facilities

CNN ^ | 03-10-09 | Adam Levine

[euram]

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.

[The Shrew]

This needs to be put in proper context:

Veteran's vote overwhelmingly for Republicans.

Veteran's must be punished.

Let's take Veteran's Healthcare and make it more expensive for them.

I am not a fan.

TS

[cake_crumb]

"If it’s “dead on arrival”, why bring it up?"

Because. It. Was. Even. considered.

[ontap]

NO!

[Personal Responsibility]

I’d be surprised if this gets passed out in the open. It’s completely indefensible. They’d bury it in an Omnibus bill if they really wanted to go after it. That way it would get passed without open discussion or debate.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Just like Klinton, hates the military.

[NorCoGOP]

I supported Carter when he ran the first time.

That statement alone used to garner disdain and utter contempt.

However, that statement is now more acceptable...what is now disdainful and contemptable is...

"I supported Obama when he ran the first time"

Amazing when we can tell the WORST President in history, "Sir, drop the peanuts and step aside, please...you've been replaced!"

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Yes, they have!
Obama is beneath contempt.
He an embarassment and completely CLUELESS.

[ontap]

Every new democrat becomes the worst president in history!

[TSgt]

The POTUS is a POS.

[Brytani]

Wasn’t this POS the one during the campaign who was going after McCain over treatment of Vets? Now this?

Would someone PLEASE wake me up from this nightmare!!!

[Braak]

I think this is the most despicable thing come out of any administration since I have been old enough to follow such things. Obama’s making Clinton look honorable by comparison.

[Braak]

And Carter’s going to smell like roses in comparison as well.

[olivia3boys]

I’m a federal employee and when I was first hired, and young and stupid, I was annoyed at the Veteran’s preference for hiring provisions.

Now that I’ve been there 15 yrs, and have lived life a little more, I’m all for it. And for their wives, too (which was recently added, since Iraq).

Obama is so evil and unwholesome; like a Freeper said yesterday, absolutely everything he does destroys something.

[JDoutrider]

Was just curious... you are getting fracked without the kiss! This just fries my arse they are doing this to you and our other brother and sister vets!!!

[techno]

Where is John McCain? Cailin John McCain.

“Maam (in a Wisconsin town tall) you don’t have anything to fear from an Obama Presidency.”

[perfect_rovian_storm]

By the time he’s done, they’ll probably be the only ones paying anything. It’ll be ‘free’ for everyone else.

[bonnieblue4me]

"I’m going to shut up before the Secret Service shows up at my door."

Let them come. I have nothing to hide.

[Doogle]

this is nothing new coming from a RAT control Congress...it will just be the start.

[rangerwife]

Oh this makes me angry. My husband was wounded severely in combat...the Army rated him 100% disabled and is getting medically retired at the end of the month. I’m sure the VA will rate him the same. He deserves the medical care, IMO.

[rfp1234]

But the proposal would be "dead on arrival" if it's sent to Congress, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said.

Duh. The OsamaMama is up for re-election in 2010.