[StBernard] Obama to screw over our Veterans

[Westley Annis]

That idea was dropped almost immediately.  See link below:

http://tinyurl.com/c86ydz

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	Is President Obama's Proposed Budget Good News or Bad News Veterans?
	
	The Administration last week unveiled a preview of its budget for
Fiscal
	Year 2010. The good news is that the Obama Administration is calling
for a
	twenty-five million dollar increase in appropriations for the VA for
the
	next five years. This outlay assumes enrolling approximately one
half
	million non-disabled veterans in the VA health care system. However,
the bad
	news is that disabled veterans will be the bill payers for this
largesse.
	The FY 2010 budget request for VA includes a proposal that would
bill
	veterans with private insurance for their service-connected
disability
	treatments. The budget calls for about a $1 billion dollar increase
in
	collections from FY 2009. We believe that the revenue projections
for the
	proposal make up the bulk of the third-party collections increase.
The
	Veterans of Foreign Wars vehemently opposes any attempt to pass
healthcare
	costs on to wounded and service-connected disabled veterans. Billing
a
	veteran's private insurance could lead to higher premiums and make
it
	difficult for veterans and their families to obtain or retain their
health
	insurance, as well as discourage employers from hiring disabled
vets.