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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 09:08 AM
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Veterans May Face Health Care Cuts in 2008
WASHINGTON -- At least tens of thousands of veterans with non-critical medical issues could suffer delayed or even denied care in coming years to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half _ if the White House is serious about its proposed budget.

After an increase for next year, the Bush budget would turn current trends on their head. Even though the cost of providing medical care to veterans has been growing by leaps and bounds, White House budget documents assume a cutback in 2008 and further cuts thereafter.

In fact, the proposed cuts are so draconian that it seems to some that the White House is simply making them up to make its long-term deficit figures look better. More realistic numbers, however, would raise doubts as to whether Bush can keep his promise to wrestle the deficit under control by the time he leaves office.

"Either the administration is proposing gutting VA health care over the next five years or it is not serious about its own budget," said Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas, top Democrat on the panel overseeing the VA's budget. "If the proposals aren't serious, then that would undermine the administration's argument that they intend to reduce the deficit in half over the next several years."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022700976_pf.html


We already have King George II to thank for increases in prescription copays - from $2 to $7 in 2002, and from $7 to $8 on January 1 this year. Also, all new Enrollment Priority 8 veteran applicants have been rejected if they applied on or after January 17, 2003.

http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/eligibility/epg_all.asp

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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 12:11 PM
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1. Meanwhile, the military is finding it inexplicably hard to recruit people.
Edited on Fri Mar-31-06 12:27 PM by Boojatta
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