President Proposes Raise to Vet Prescription Prices
President Proposes Raise to Vet Prescription Prices
According to administration officials, President Bush's FY2006 budget proposal plans to increase health charges to veterans. The president's $2.5 trillion budget includes a proposal to more than double co-payment charges for veterans receiving prescription drugs, while requiring some veterans to pay a new annual fee of $250 to use government health care. The proposal stands to face opposition from veterans organizations along with members of Congress. According to a NY Times article, "Democrats have already indicated that they are poised to pounce on any sign that the Bush administration is stinting on veterans' benefits." The budget plan would increase co-payments from $7 to $15 for a month's supply of prescription drugs. Moreover, the $250 fee for government health care would largely apply to those veterans without service-related disabilities and higher incomes. As of now, the government does not have an estimate of how many veterans would be affected by the proposal. To read more, see the NY Times article. For more on proposed changes affecting veterans, read this article. How do you feel about this budget proposal? Contact your public officials now. Your voice matters!
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A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it. -- Author Unknown
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