Obama Moving Forward With Making Veterans Pay For Treatment of Service Related Injuries With Private Insurance

It appears as if Obama is intent on moving forward with the plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service related injuries with private insurance (Berman Post: Obama Administration Considering Making Veterans Pay For Treatment of Service Related Injuries With Private Insurance).

Commander David Rehbein (The American Legion) expressed disappointment and concern after a meeting he had today with Obama. He believes that Obama intends to move forward with the plan. He said that it seemed the only way to avoid the plan was if an alternative funding plan could be found for the $540 million they are trying to save with the plan.

My views on this plan can be found in the last post linked to above. simply put, horrible idea.

More at http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090316/pl_usnw/the_american_legion_strongly_opposed_to_president_s_plan_to_charge_wounded_heroes_for_treatment.

Update (3/17/2009):

Here is a little video to remind you what Obama used to say.

Video embedded below.