SCORE ONE FOR THE VETS
Posted by Andrew Roman on March 18, 2009
Score one for America’s military heroes.
Score one for doing the right thing.
The White House has decided that it will not pursue a plan that would have forced private insurance companies to pay for the care of wounded veterans. The responsibility of caring for Americas’ wounded warriors will stay where it rightly belongs – with the government who sent them to war.
Posted this afternoon at the American Legion website:
The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization applauded President Obama for dropping his plan to bill private insurance companies for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries.
“We are glad that President Obama listened to the strong objections raised by The American Legion and veterans everywhere about this unfair plan,” said National Commander David K Rehbein of The American Legion. “We thank the administration for its proposed increase in the VA budget and we are always available to assist by providing guidance to ensure a veterans health care system that is worthy of the heroes that use it.”
Following a meeting this afternoon with The American Legion and other veterans service organizations, the White House announced that it will no longer considering billing insurance companies or veterans for their service-connected disabilities.
That the President finally got it right deserves praise. That he, or anyone lese, would even consider such an abhorrent plan as reasonable to begin with …
Well, at least he did the right thing.
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