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Taking "absolutely not" for an answer on veterans' healthcare.(Inside Track)(President Barack Obama on veterans' private health insurance)
In early March, veterans' groups got wind of a plan by the Obama administration to charge veterans' private health insurance companies for service-related injuries. "Currently," according to CNN.com, "veterans' private insurance is only charged when they receive health care from the VA for medical issues that are not related to service injuries, like the flu." Veterans are worried that the proposed plan would cause their private insurance rates to skyrocket and quickly max out their private insurance.
Though Obama spokesmen would not initially confirm or deny such a proposal, 11 of the most prominent veterans' groups sent a letter to President Obama indicating their disdain for such a plan. At that time several senators from both major political parties also advised against such a plan, saying it would be dead on arrival if it hit the Senate floor.
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Despite this vehement reaction, and despite the fact that senators and representatives would likely be committing political suicide by angering the approximately 23 million veterans in our country, President Obama was not easily dissuaded from pushing this idea. On March 16, Obama told the heads of veterans' groups that he wanted to pass this measure because, in his view, private insurance companies were getting off too easy. Apparently he feels that the millions of veterans who receive care ...
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