Wednesday, June 29, 2005

VA is $2.6 Billion Short to Cover War Injured Vets

As the numbers of US war injured in Iraq & Afghanistan soared, the Bush administration admitted to lawmakers it had underestimated funds to cover health care costs for veterans and Congress would have to plug a $2.6 billion hole! How? Where is the money going to come from? How many veterans have they underestimated to provide coverage for? Well, the Veterans Administration assumed it would have to take care of 23,553 patients who are veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but that number has now been revised upward to 103,000! If I paid my bills and planned my budget the way this administration pays their bills and plans the budget, my hubby, baby & I would be on the streets- homeless & begging. But I guess homeless and begging may be what these GOP gouged war vets will have to face soon. Funny, Bush neglected to mention any of this during his speech when he told us to "support the troops".
Posted by Tina :: 12:48 AM :: 1 Comments:

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