Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Screwed Again: Vets have PTSD but No Funding

As if they haven't been bent over and raped enough by this prez and admin, vets now have this to contend w/if they have PTSD (as over 16,000 returning vets from Afghanistan and Iraq have PTSD) : WashPost: "It has become a pro-war vs antiwar issue," said 1 VA official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because politics is not supposed to enter the debate. "If we show that PTSD is prevalent and severe, that becomes 1 more little reason we should stop waging war. If, on the other hand, PTSD rates are low . . . that is convenient for the Bush admin." Add in this: "Some experts say PTSD is diagnosed too readily. PTSD went from being problematic being accepted as a condition, to being almost too easily accepted. The govt is going to take a new look at the claims of about a 3rd of the military vets who now get disability payments for PTSD... b/c the funding is simply not available to meet all claims." And then finally, to make matters worse, there is a new plan to "deal with" PTSD: Faith based treatment...Yep. Prayer will somehow magically wipe away PTSD. C'mon... these people are suffering b/c they served in a war. They saw & did horrific things and then suffer as a direct result of war. What if you're an atheist suffering from PTSD? Guess it just sucks to them, eh? But then again, when hasn't it sucked to be a member of the military under Il Duce Bush? And if they can get away w/ "Pray & Pick the Taxpayers' Pocket" it'll just be the icing on the cake for these greedy bastards.
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