> 400 Disabled Veterans Raise Hell At Congressional Hearings On VA Budget
6 April 2005, 23:40
It has troubled me for years that our government takes care of other countries better then they take care of us. There are entire towns in Florida that have non English speaking families that get government subsidies. I believe that is the Cubans. Its called Little Havana. There are other cities throughout the United States the same way with other cultures.
It took my husband 6 years to get his service connected disability. Our veterans deserve far more then our government allows. I too see the foreigners get DSHS with better medical than I have ever had. They eat well with those food cards too.
I am not eligible for medical (or Tricare) even though my husband is 100% (he has two disabilities so the percentage of 100% is for both.) Husbands PTSD takes a toll on his family. Especially the spouse. Medical is required for the spouse to learn to live with a PTSD victim and sometimes it can be pretty depressing and take a toll on the marriage. The veteran should be able to have his spouse get medical attention as well, to help him with his disability. Medicines should be provided for the spouse as well. A healthy spouse keeps a healthy husband.
Welfare has the best medical. No copay, no enrollment fees, they can choose their own private doctors, prescription medicine is paid for them, emergency hospital calls are paid for, ambulance paid for. The WHOLE BIT! Our veterans deserve far more then they get. And what they get they have to fight for it and prove they need it...and have to wait soooo long to get what is rightfully theirs. Their life’s have been put on the line to fight in a war to protect the rest of us. This burns me to think that Pres. Bush and his people continue to disregard the Americans and do as they please.
Vietnam Vets are still suffering today, because the government alleged it wasn’t a war. The government should fight just as hard for the veteran and his benefits as hard as they fight to get them to join...I remember them coming to the highschool to recruit the young men that were graduating in 1965. They took a lot of my friends with promises and many didn’t come home. I’m proud of our Vietnam Veterans, and I thank them for being there. But there is a price to pay...and that is what our government should be budgeting for...not taking away from them.
It has troubled me for years that our government takes care of other countries better then they take care of us. There are entire towns in Florida that have non English speaking families that get government subsidies. I believe that is the Cubans. Its called Little Havana. There are other cities throughout the United States the same way with other cultures.
It took my husband 6 years to get his service connected disability. Our veterans deserve far more then our government allows. I too see the foreigners get DSHS with better medical than I have ever had. They eat well with those food cards too.
I am not eligible for medical (or Tricare) even though my husband is 100% (he has two disabilities so the percentage of 100% is for both.) Husbands PTSD takes a toll on his family. Especially the spouse. Medical is required for the spouse to learn to live with a PTSD victim and sometimes it can be pretty depressing and take a toll on the marriage. The veteran should be able to have his spouse get medical attention as well, to help him with his disability. Medicines should be provided for the spouse as well. A healthy spouse keeps a healthy husband.
Welfare has the best medical. No copay, no enrollment fees, they can choose their own private doctors, prescription medicine is paid for them, emergency hospital calls are paid for, ambulance paid for. The WHOLE BIT! Our veterans deserve far more then they get. And what they get they have to fight for it and prove they need it...and have to wait soooo long to get what is rightfully theirs. Their life’s have been put on the line to fight in a war to protect the rest of us. This burns me to think that Pres. Bush and his people continue to disregard the Americans and do as they please.
Vietnam Vets are still suffering today, because the government alleged it wasn’t a war. The government should fight just as hard for the veteran and his benefits as hard as they fight to get them to join...I remember them coming to the highschool to recruit the young men that were graduating in 1965. They took a lot of my friends with promises and many didn’t come home. I’m proud of our Vietnam Veterans, and I thank them for being there. But there is a price to pay...and that is what our government should be budgeting for...not taking away from them.
Wife of Disabled Veteran