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Article: Veterans Groups: Administration's VA Health Care Budget Proposal Shortchanges America's Sick and Disabled Veterans
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- U.S. Newswire
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- February 10, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The fiscal year 2006 Budget
Request released Monday by the President follows a script military
veterans have seen before from Administration budget hawks: meager
increases, new user fees and an attempt to help offset the nation's
budget deficit by shortchanging disabled veterans, according to four
veterans groups.
The Administration proposes a VA health care budget of $28.1
billion for FY 2006, an insufficient increase given the influx into
the system of new veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In
contrast, The Independent Budget (IB), a comprehensive budget policy
document co-authored by AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed
Veterans ...