Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!!

February 20, 2010

This man is seriously disconnected from any human feeling....

*******

From another group.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL LET ALONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.. AND THIS GUY IS OUR

"COMMANDER IN CHIEF".

THIS MOST UNBELIEVABLE PRESIDENT?HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.

********"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained.

"Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country,

"Obama continued "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans." Please pass this on to every one including every vet and theirfamilies whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?

****REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty,Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over.. If you or a family member is or has served their country please pass this to them. **********

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February 20, 2010

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/veteranshealth.asp

Bea Bernhausen

Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:13 PM

think-outside-the-box

Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!!

This man is seriously disconnected from any human feeling....

*******

From another group.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL LET ALONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.. AND THIS GUY IS OUR

"COMMANDER IN CHIEF".

THIS MOST UNBELIEVABLE PRESIDENT?HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.

********"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained.

"Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country,

"Obama continued "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans." Please pass this on to every one including every vet and theirfamilies whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?

****REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty,Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over.. If you or a family member is or has served their country please pass this to them. **********

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February 20, 2010

Yep---I sent out a correction...apologies---asleep at the wheel....--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Hen & Yan <alleg wrote:

Hen & Yan <allegRe: Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!! Received: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 2:21 PM

http://www.snopes. com/politics/ obama/veteranshe alth.asp

Bea Bernhausen

Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:13 PM

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[Health_and_ Healing] Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!!

This man is seriously disconnected from any human feeling....

*******

From another group.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL LET ALONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.. AND THIS GUY IS OUR

"COMMANDER IN CHIEF".

THIS MOST UNBELIEVABLE PRESIDENT?HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.

********"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained.

"Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country,

"Obama continued "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans." Please pass this on to every one including every vet and theirfamilies whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?

****REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty,Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over.. If you or a family member is or has served their country please pass this to them. **********

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February 21, 2010

This is not true. I have heard him speak publicly many times about the military people and the fact that he respects their service. President Obama also said, in an interview where I was present and have heard it first hand, that he believes it is "a travesty that we don't have a better system to take care of our Veterans" and his desire to change it. The opposition to his plan comes from a divided Congress that would rather be PARTISAN than address the concerns of the American people... If you want to BLAME someone, write your Congressmen. This is propaganda, again, not based on fact.Bea Bernhausen <beabernhausenthink-outside-the-box Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 5:13:25 PM Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!!

This man is seriously disconnected from any human feeling....

*******

From another group.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL LET ALONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.. AND THIS GUY IS OUR

"COMMANDER IN CHIEF".

THIS MOST UNBELIEVABLE PRESIDENT?HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.

********"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained.

"Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country,

"Obama continued "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans." Please pass this on to every one including every vet and theirfamilies whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?

****REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty,Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over.. If you or a family member is or has served their country please pass this to them. **********

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February 21, 2010

Senators slam plan for wounded vets to use private insurance

Story Highlights

Obama team considering plan in which vets would use private insurance for wounds

No official proposal to create such a program has been announced publicly

Veterans organizations have been lobbying Congress to oppose the idea

Lawmakers say plan would be rejected if it goes to Congress

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By Adam LevineCNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.

Lawmakers say they'd reject a proposal to make veterans pay for treatment of war wounds with private insurance.

But the proposal would be "dead on arrival" if it's sent to Congress, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said.

Murray used that blunt terminology when she told Shinseki that the idea would not be acceptable and would be rejected if formally proposed. Her remarks came during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs about the 2010 budget.

No official proposal to create such a program has been announced publicly, but veterans groups wrote a pre-emptive letter last week to President Obama voicing their opposition to the idea after hearing the plan was under consideration.

The groups also cited an increase in "third-party collections" estimated in the 2010 budget proposal -- something they said could be achieved only if the Veterans Administration started billing for service-related injuries.

Asked about the proposal, Shinseki said it was under "consideration."

"A final decision hasn't been made yet," he said.

Currently, veterans' private insurance is charged only when they receive health care from the VA for medical issues that are not related to service injuries, like getting the flu.

Charging for service-related injuries would violate "a sacred trust," Veterans of Foreign Wars spokesman Joe Davis said. Davis said the move would risk private health care for veterans and their families by potentially maxing out benefits paying for costly war injury treatments.

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A second senator, North Carolina Republican Richard Burr, said he agreed that the idea should not go forward.

"I think you will give that up" as a revenue stream if it is included in this April's budget, Burr said.

Murray said she'd already discussed her concerns with the secretary the previous week.

"I believe that veterans with service-connected injuries have already paid by putting their lives on the line," Murray said in her remarks. "I don't think we should nickel and dime them for their care."

Eleven of the most prominent veterans organizations have been lobbying Congress to oppose the idea. In the letter sent last week to the president, the groups warned that the idea "is wholly unacceptable and a total abrogation of our government's moral and legal responsibility to the men and women who have sacrificed so much."

The groups included The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

At the time, a White House spokesman would neither confirm nor deny the option was being considered.

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Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:47 PM

Re: Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!!

This is not true. I have heard him speak publicly many times about the military people and the fact that he respects their service. President Obama also said, in an interview where I was present and have heard it first hand, that he believes it is "a travesty that we don't have a better system to take care of our Veterans" and his desire to change it. The opposition to his plan comes from a divided Congress that would rather be PARTISAN than address the concerns of the American people... If you want to BLAME someone, write your Congressmen. This is propaganda, again, not based on fact.

Bea Bernhausen <beabernhausenthink-outside-the-box Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 5:13:25 PM Obama to vets---You made your bed now lie in it!!!

This man is seriously disconnected from any human feeling....

*******

From another group.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL LET ALONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.. AND THIS GUY IS OUR

"COMMANDER IN CHIEF".

THIS MOST UNBELIEVABLE PRESIDENT?HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.

********"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained.

"Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute..I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country,

"Obama continued "I wasn't asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans." Please pass this on to every one including every vet and theirfamilies whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?

****REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty,Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over.. If you or a family member is or has served their country please pass this to them. **********

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