Veterans Stabbed In Back By Obama

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Right you are Sarge. Here's the scoop.

Obama Drops Controversial Third-Party Billing Proposal for Veterans

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/18/obama_drops_controversial_thir.html?wprss=44

If he keeps it up, he's gonna find himself with approval ratings lower than George Bush.

FYI

The next thing he's going to mess with is the immigration issue, and that's not one he wants to mess with given all the major prolems on our Southern borders.

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     Fortunately this plan has been dropped by Obama, or I could not have made a rational comment here. I believe he was testing the waters to see how far he could push the VA and Veterans groups. This is one scary President.

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From the Veterans groups:

DAV

http://www.dav.org/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=113

VFW

http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.newsDtl&did=4961

AMVETS

http://americanveteranmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/03/amvets-speaks-with-president-obama-on.html

American Legion

http://ourvoice.legion.org/story/1448/legion-white-house-dont-bill-our-heroes

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The White House –
Press Office –
Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/17/09


THE BRIEFING ROOM

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release                                                       
March 17, 2009

PRESS BRIEFING
BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
2:15 P.M. EDT

. . . .


Q    One other quick policy question.  The President met yesterday with about 11
veterans groups, and discussed with the chief of staff and the head of the
Veterans Administration the concept -- which hasn't been put in the President's
budget yet, but it's on the table -- of having third-party insurance companies
pay for combat-related injuries -- something that's never happened before.  The
American Legion put out a very strong letter today condemning that; IABA also
has questioned this very strongly.  Can you conceptually explain to the American
people why for the first time it would be a good idea to think about the
Veterans Administration having a third-party private insurance company pay for
combat-related injuries?

MR. GIBBS:  Let me not make the case for a decision that this administration
hasn't made yet regarding the final disposition or decision on third-party
billing as it relates to service-related injuries.

Q    It is on the table, though, correct?

MR. GIBBS:  But no decisions have been made.  Let me give this answer to -- and
I know that the veterans, the VSOs, the Veterans Service Organizations that were
here yesterday to meet with the President, the VA chief and the Chief of Staff,
who will return later in the week to meet again with the Chief of Staff, can
have confidence that the budget the President has proposed represents an
historic increase in discretionary spending to take care of our wounded
warriors, those that have been sent off to war, have protected our freedom and
have come back wounded.  There's an 11-percent increase in discretionary
spending in the VA budget, an historic jump -- because this President takes very
seriously the needs of our wounded warriors that have given so much to protect
our freedom on battlefields throughout the world.

Q    But why would this even be on the table?

MR. GIBBS:  Again, I think the President and the VSOs had a good conversation,
and the veterans can be assured that the President understands any concerns that
they would have, as well as shares -- looks forward to sharing with them the
fact that the budget represents an historic increase for discretionary spending
as it relates to taking care of wounded warriors.

Yes, sir.

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The "Beloved Leader" announced plans to force combat troops to provide for their own treatment if wounded in combat.

Veterans groups irate at Obama's private insurance proposal

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/obama.veterans/

If this goes through, then everyone even considering a miliary career should think twice and then say ABSOLUTELY NO!