Obama Administration Healthcare for Vets

[RIJIMMY]

ok Spence and Paul. It was just a face to face meeting with Obama and Emanuel. So not sure how you think this is some wacky rumor. Im pretty sure the attendees know the details.

Commander Rehbein was among a group of senior officials from veterans service organizations joining the President, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, the overseer of defense spending at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The group's early afternoon conversation at The White House was precipitated by a letter of protest presented to the President earlier this month. The letter, co-signed by Commander Rehbein and the heads of ten colleague organizations, read, in part, " There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable."

[spence]

It was being discussed as an option, I'm not disputing that...

But there's really not much known more than that. Yes, once word leaked a number of vet groups and many in Congress got their knickers in a twist, but there's really not much known more than that.

Doesn't sound like a good idea if you ask me, but I'd like to understand what the idea and justification really was.

-spence

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by spence

It was being discussed as an option, I'm not disputing that...

But there's really not much known more than that. Yes, once word leaked a number of vet groups and many in Congress got their knickers in a twist, but there's really not much known more than that.

Doesn't sound like a good idea if you ask me, but I'd like to understand what the idea and justification really was.

-spence

uh, no, they had a face to face meeting to disucss this and as a result, the american legion beleives they are moving forward. Maybe it wont move forward, but reality is Spence, Obama is pitching it. Like it or not.