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President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment

MsSage

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LOL yeah :roll: These service people protect our freedom and they are told well sorry you got shot by that person who thought you should die but you have to pay for your own care.

WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.

"It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. "He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it."

The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, "This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ' to care for him who shall have borne the battle' given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America's veterans!"

Commander Rehbein was among a group of senior officials from veterans service organizations joining the President, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, the overseer of defense spending at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The group's early afternoon conversation at The White House was precipitated by a letter of protest presented to the President earlier this month. The letter, co-signed by Commander Rehbein and the heads of ten colleague organizations, read, in part, "


There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable."
 

Faster horses

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I heard about this on talk radio last night.
The person calling in said the money would be used to pay for medical
costs for illegal aliens.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Ya, he knows who will vote him in again!!!!!!
This is an outrage!!!!!!

OBAMA

One Big Ass Mistake America!!
 

hypocritexposer

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Our friend Jim Geraghty reminds us that all of Barack Obama’s pledges come with expiration dates — all of them.

“A Sacred Trust — Support Our Veterans”, Obama had this to say about caring for our wounded once back at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbkXY9ak3I
 

Larrry

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It looks to me like he wants to give better health care to illegal aliens than our veterans, there is something wrong with that picture.
 

hypocritexposer

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Trying to find $540 Million? Here's an idea, give Hamas only $360 Million.

Easy!

Who is this guy listening to? What is really on his Teleprompter?

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Ben H

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I was wondering how long it would take for the teleprompter jokes. I'm still waiting for one with him as a puppet, maybe George Soros as the Puppet Master. Rush keeps saying "the tellepromter told him to say".
 

hypocritexposer

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Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day. As they walked they come across a sign: 'Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world.'

'I am entering,' said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her,'Well, how'd ya do?' ' First Place ', said Snow White.

They continue walking and they see a sign: 'Contest for the strongest man in the world.' 'I'm entering,' says Superman and after half an hour he returns and they ask him, 'How did you make out?' ' First Place ,' answers Superman.

They continue walking when they see a sign: 'Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world?' Pinocchio enters. After half an hour he returns with tears in his eyes. 'What happened?' they asked. 'Who the hell is Obama?' asked Pinocchio.
 
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