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Article: Veterans groups seek dedicated funding for healthcare.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- August 8, 2008
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Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- Veterans' groups are lining up behind a plan they say would shield their healthcare benefits from political whim and a "dysfunctional system" that they say in effect shuts some war veterans out of medical care.
An initiative called Stand Up For Veterans wants Congress to give the Veterans Administration a more predictable funding stream by advancing its annual budget a year ahead of time. Such a move would protect the VA from political wrangling that results in funding delays and that forces it to freeze hiring, curtail services, and extend waiting-room time to the point ...