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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:36:21 -0800, jps wrote:
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:19:51 -0800, "Bill McKee"
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:27:41 -0600, wrote:
genuine drivel redacted by some dead poet
The study's authors warn that the health care legislation "would do
virtually nothing for the uninsured until 2013" and would "leave at
least 17 million uninsured over the long run when reform kicks in,"
leaving many veterans still without care.
Why not simply adjust the means-testing favorably for veterans (ref.
"Spinal Tap")?
...in response to a specious argument, btw.
And I do not remember being promised lifetime medical when I joined the
Air
Force. They cover service connected injuries, but did not promise
medical
for those not retiring from the service And they do take care of those
with
service connected problems. My brother is an Agent Orange vet, and gets
his
care via the VA. Good care also.
I think vets deserve better. I'm sure you disagree.
I think it depends on what you did in the military. I bounced around
in the North Atlantic, kept the godless communists out of the
Chesapeake bay and I don't think the VA owes me anything.
My father had a European theater medal with 2 battle stars, CIB, a
couple other campaign medals, 2 purple hearts and he was a POW. He
deserved the care he got.
Very true. I sat in an air conditioned electronics shop and fixed transport
airplane radars. My brother spent 2 tours in Nam as a Seabee. Lots of
agent Orange streams that he got in to build bridges, etc. He has several
health problems. He deserves the medical care. Me, the closest I got to
injury was a ricochet at the range one year during annual qualifying and
getting a major zap by a radar power supply. Bad test lead, and I flew
about 20' backwards. Could have been bad, just hurt for a couple days. If
I gotten a major injury, I would expect them to take care of me. I am a
Viet Nam era vet and I think those who got injured or served 20 years
deserve fine medical care. The rest of us are not owed lifetime medical.