Obama wants to CHARGE wounded veterans?!?!?

[ButchA]

OMG... I can't believe this!!! [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090316/pl_usnw/the_american_legion_strongly_opposed_to_president_ s_plan_to_charge_wounded_heroes_for_treatment

[kaibab_hunter74]

Soldiers wouldn't have to pay for anything, their insurence company would.

[James B]

What if they don't have insurance? Is he going to haul them into court and try to squeeze them dry? As a injured Vet, my insurance already pays the VA.

[vc1111]

kaibab, your lack of understanding is hanging out for the whole world to see.

I defy you to refute the following:

From the article: "There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide."

[kaibab_hunter74]

VC:

If they don't have insurance from their employeer, the VA hospital covers their medical care.

So what's the problem?

One of them has to be primary! Why would the Government pay for benefit you have already earned through your employeer?

The only one that benefits, if the Government pays first, is the insurance company.

[vc1111]

Like I said, your ignorance of the matter is showing.

What part of "service-connected disabilities and injuries" don't you understand?

Don't you understand the difference between the private sector and the public sector? Don't you understand that this allows the transfer of what is clearly and indisputably a public sector liability to the private sector?

[kaibab_hunter74]

ORIGINAL: vc1111

Like I said, your ignorance of the matter is showing.

What part of "service-connected disabilities and injuries" don't you understand?

Don't you understand the difference between the private sector and the public sector? Don't you understand that this allows the transfer of what is clearly and indisputably a public sector liability to the private sector?

Yea I understand that completely, and the public sector shouldn't havepay for what the private sector has already paid for..... you don't understand.

My question is: is the soldier harmed by the privatt sector paying?

[Doe Dumper]

Besides being completely immoral ahd shirking its obligations to the very people that allow this country to exist.....this is yet another brainstorm from DC thats guaranteed to drive health insurance costs even higher. This is a very low blow to the people who sacrificed life and limb to give us the freedom to sit here and discuss this. This is inexcusable...

Kaibab... if you cant see anything wrong with this.. I truly feel sorry for you.

[petasux]

Kaibab, whats wrong with you? Private insurance companies will screw these guys that have been injured/disabled serving our country.If they serve right out of school, become injured, then have to get a job in the private sector theyve got a pre existing condition.You ever tried getting coverage with a pre existing condition, its not cheap if you can find a company that will cover you at all.

Private insurance companies also dont pay the whole cost of, well just about anything, theres always out of pocket expenses and they add up fast in a serious medial problem.

Yea I understand that completely, and the public sector shouldn't havepay for what the private sector has already paid for..... you don't understand

No, you dont understand anything apparently.The private sectors paying for it now, through our tax dollars, to heal men and women who have served to protect our country, its the way it should be.When these claims hit the private insurance companies and they have to start paying them out, everyones coverage goes up, way up in fact, not just the soldiers, everyones.Your going to pay for it one way or the other, personally this is one use of my tax dollars the govts using that I have no problem with, forcing them to pay for thier own is insulting to anyone whos been injured in the line of duty.

My question is: is the soldier harmed by the privatt sector paying?

People go broke in this country every day dealing with bills occured by the existing private insurance coverage we currently have in place, WTF do you think theyre pushing for nationalized health care for if it doesnt hurt people.It makes it harder to find health care, let alone afford coverage for the soldiers family.

Assuming you have insurance why dont you go down to the hospital ER right now, pretend you have an illness and let them run a bunch of tests on you, get back to me in a couple weeks after the portion of the bills your insurance doesnt cover start piling up in your mailbox and let me know if it affects you any?Then try to imagine a permanent injury that requires weeks,months,or even years of medical services to be provided, youll hit the maximum theyll pay out, youll get stuck with the co-charges, and youll pay out of pocket for anything they dont feel like covering.Then maybe youll begin to see the error in your way of thinking.

[falcon]

Like I said, your ignorance of the matter is showing.

What part of "service-connected disabilities and injuries" don't you understand?

Don't you understand the difference between the private sector and the public sector? Don't you understand that this allows the transfer of what is clearly and indisputably a public sector liability to the private sector?

Besides being completely immoral ahd shirking its obligations to the very people that allow this country to exist.....this is yet another brainstorm from DC thats guaranteed to drive health insurance costs even higher. This is a very low blow to the people who sacrificed life and limb to give us the freedom to sit here and discuss this. This is inexcusable

Excellent posts.

Presidents go off on ego trips,send the US militaryinto useless wars and then expectprivate insurance to pay for taking care of the wounded.Putrid. This latest piece of trash from the Obama bunch really does pi$$ me off. BTW: It is not going to pass congress.