Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.
This is such an incredibly bad idea. Those men and women got injured serving our country. We owe them, plain and simple. As a nation, we have to do what we can to give as much of a hale-and-hearty life back to them.
Besides that, I can think of no better detriment to recruiting than to say "and if you get hurt on duty, you're on your own."
Whoever dreamed up this idea needs to either find a job with the RNC or take up clubbing baby seals.
(H/T to CrankyProf)
I have thought about this since I last read it and I think that what Barack is doing is making the point that most people will see this as something that is just wrong and if it is wrong for them it is wrong for us. The guy's a genius.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of it that way. That's a good point.
ReplyDeleteIt seems more likely that Shinseki was really saying "unless you give us enough money, we're going to have to do this". The VA is going to need more money to deal with all the new cases they're being handed, plus the Vietnam vets getting to retirement age.
ReplyDeleteAt least, that's what I'm hoping.
They shitcanned this idea today (Thursday 19 March)! Yay!
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