https://freerepublic.com/tag/enrollmentfee/ en-us Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:54:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354635/posts Republican majorities on the House and Senate veterans’ affairs committees have voted to impose an enrollment fee of at least $230 a year on 2.4 million veterans — one of every three now eligible to use VA health care. Those targeted are in priority categories 7 and 8, meaning they are neither poor nor suffering from service-connected disabilities. Half of the 2.4 million used the VA health system last year. The Bush administration proposed the enrollment fee to hold down costs. The VA committees rejected another Bush proposal to raise co-payments on VA-filled prescriptions for these same Priority 7 and... Special to Stars and Stripes https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354635/posts#comment Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:54:46 GMT