news.yahoo.com — The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries
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pearcewgMar 17, 2009
What the hell is the White House thinking?Saving 500ish MILLION, when they just spent TRILLIONS?And to face such a potential wave of bad feelings and publicity?Every veteran should write the White House and Congressional Democrat leaders about this outrage.No wonder Democrats are considered anti Military. Geesh.They should be ashamed.
tyronebr549Mar 17, 2009
When are you Obamabots going to get it. This guy doesn't give a hoot about anyone except the one in his own mirror.
Closed AccountMar 18, 2009
V0rt, you do understand that this would contribute to increased medical insurance costs for non-veterans, right? If private insurance companies are required to cover medical conditions incurred by military members after they leave military service, that cost to the insurance provider would be passed on to all the customer of that provider in the form of increased premiums.
jashobeam5Mar 18, 2009
just not government loans
jashobeam5Mar 18, 2009
The second is most likely.
buckrogers1965Mar 19, 2009
Still waiting for an official announcement of the policy.
txchicaMar 19, 2009
@buck, you must have missed Pelosi saying that Obama has now withdrawn the plan. I guess he thought he had the political capital to get this through, he thought wrong. <a class="user" href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-backs-off-plan-to-alter-vets-care-2009-03-18.html" rel="nofollow">http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-backs-of ...</a>
buckrogers1965Mar 19, 2009
So it was never a policy then? Your link is from a web site with "Democrats still prize Bush as a bogeyman months after election" on it's front page.No real source for this story?
dannyinwvMar 21, 2009
This plan says nothing about charging Veterans for care. The plan is to charge the insurance companies. I am a service connected Veteran and an employee of the VA. For the last few years our budget has been seriously cut. We are over budget- a lot. I pay for insurance so my family can be taken care of. If the VA wants to try to get a few buck from Blue Cross, that's fine with me. How does this reduce my level of care? It might actually help another Veteran who doesn't have insurance because if the VA charges my insurance company for something it might have the money to keep someone else in the ICU for an extra day. It actually makes sense and may even save taxpayers money by collecting it from insurance companies.Another thing I didn't see in this article is the VA is a preferred provider for most insurance companies. That means if the VA charges $150.00 for a doctor's visit and the accepted rate is $100.00, then the VA accepts the $100.00 from the insurance company; and the Veteran doesn't get charged a copay.So, how exactly is it anyone is charging the Veteran for anything? It seems to me the only one getting charged anything is the insurance company (If the Veteran is insured). Perhaps that is an expense the insurance companies should willingly accept for the sacrifice our Veterans make so they can do business in such a profitable market.