President Bush's budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs and would require some to pay a new fee of $250 a year for the privilege of using government health care, administration officials said Sunday.I guess “Support the Troops” ends as soon as they need more than bumper magnets and lipservice.
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Veterans groups attacked the proposals. Richard B. Fuller, legislative director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, said: "The proposed increase in health spending is not sufficient at a time when the number of patients is increasing and there has been a huge increase in health care costs. It will not cover the need. The enrollment fee is a health care tax, designed to raise revenue and to discourage people from enrolling."
In other military news, John’s got a good one on the disturbing trend of increased reliance on private military corporations (PMCs) to function in rolls traditionally taken by the United States military.
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