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.

[Halgr]

My email to whitehouse.gov-—

Obama Betrays Veterans

Thank You Mr. President,

Thanks to Matt Drudge, you have just insured a Republican Victory in 2012.

So far you are making George Bush appear as a “Saint”.

Maybe history will place you where you belong, one step below Jimmy Carter.

LOL

John XXXXXXX
Los Angeles

[E Rocc]

Is he also going to propose that when someone gets hurt at work in the private sector, their company and/or workman's comp can bill their private insurance company?

I bet not. For one thing, the unions would go ballistic.

-Eric

[floriduh voter]

Related ping.

[E Rocc]

You know, if a Mafia member is hurt or killed in the “line of duty”, the mob takes care of the expenses and the family. Perhaps Obama should have learned some *other* kinds of ethics from the Machine’s allies.

[Mad Dawgg]

"My blood pressure is going thru the roof now!................."

You are not gonna like this then.

I just finished Watching Brit Hume on Special Report and he stated the Cost of Veteran Health Care is around 554 Million Dollars (that is Million with an "M") a year.

Note that to date we have given AIG 180 BIllion (That is Billion with a "B") dollars in the Past 6 months. The reason Obama states we need to do this according to the story I read is to help pay for National Health Care for the rest of the citizens.

If you run the Numbers, instead of Paying AIG its 180 Billion Dollars we could have funded Veteran Health care for over 320 years figured at today's costs.