FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kawika Riley (Veterans’ Affairs)
March 18, 2009 (202) 224-9126
AKAKA PRAISES OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR DROPPING PROPOSAL TO CHARGE VETERANS’ INSURERS FOR COMBAT INJURIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, called Secretary Eric Shinseki and issued the following statement today praising President Barack Obama for dropping a proposal to shift the responsibility to pay for care for service-connected injuries from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the private insurers of wounded veterans:
“I thanked Secretary Shinseki for listening to the concerns the veterans service organizations, my colleagues and I had over this proposal to charge veterans’ insurers for combat injuries. President Obama made the right decision not to move forward. Veterans’ care and benefits are a cost of war and treatment for conditions directly related to service is the responsibility of the government alone. I look forward to working with my colleagues and the Administration to enact the President’s funding increases and targeted programs to help VA adapt to the changing needs of veterans and their families,” said Akaka.
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I still have a hard time believing that the Obama Administration even floated this tril balloon, it was a bad idea, and just the thought of it is outrageuos, this is far worse than Bush trying to raise co-pay for meds from 8 to 15 dollars each. If you are hurt or have medical problems while on active duty, the last thing a veteran or their family needs is to fight with their insurance company over a medical bill that should be paid by the VA.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
AKAKA PRAISES OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR DROPPING PROPOSAL TO CHARGE VETERANS’
