• Funding for veterans Funding for veterans From the Walla Walla (Wash.) Union-Bulletin – November 26, 2004 No matter how you look at the news about the budget for veterans’ health care in 2005, you can’t be encouraged about our
• Funding for veterans
Funding for veterans
From the Walla Walla (Wash.) Union-Bulletin – November 26, 2004
No matter how you look at the news about the budget for veterans’ health care in 2005, you can’t be encouraged about our nation’s commitment to taking care of those who have protected us.
While it is true that the budget calls for a record $30.3 billion, an increase of $1.9 billion from this year, it falls considerably short of the $3.1 billion increase the House Veterans Affairs Committee said in February was needed just to maintain the current level of benefits and services. …
The number of veterans needing health care services is increasing as veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the first Gulf War grow older, and more veterans are being injured daily in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Does the government really expect veterans to forego treatment because it didn’t budget adequately? …
Congress’ lack of courage to fund veterans’ health care at the necessary levels cannot be allowed to hurt those who have stood in harm’s way for the rest of us.
