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Article: OUR NATION'S VETERANS DESERVE A BETTER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 24, 2006
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Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md. (3rd CD), issued the following column: American veterans face the possibility of increased costs for health care they should be receiving for free as part of their service to our nation. For the second year in a row, the Bush Administration has proposed establishing enrollment fees and increasing co-payments for the health care almost one million veterans receive.
As we enter the third year of the Iraq War and fighting continues in Afghanistan, it's clear that funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has not kept pace with the needs of our veterans. Earlier this year, the President proposed a $31.5 billion VA budget, which veterans groups have ...