Injured Contractors In Iraq Are Being DENIED Claims For Pschological Insuries

War, red tape haunt civilian workers
An analysis finds a pattern of blocked claims for psychological injuries sustained by contract employees in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By T. Christian Miller, Times Staff Writer
June 17, 2007


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A Times investigation of a taxpayer-financed insurance system, based on reviews of scores of cases, has found a pattern of repeatedly blocked claims for treatment of psychological injuries sustained by civilian workers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Some seriously afflicted contract workers have been dumped into indigent medical care programs, according to court records. Many have had to wage lengthy legal battles to win payments for psychological treatment. At least four have committed suicide after returning home from Iraq, according to court records and interviews with attorneys and family members.

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Gary Pitts, a Houston attorney who has represented more than two dozen contractors with psychological problems, said contractors "put their lives on the line, and then they have to wait to get benefits" while insurance companies fight their claims.

The system "is costly; it's inefficient; and it's inhumane," he said.

more at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-trauma17jun17,0,4916758,full.story?coll=la-home-center

on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. His order declares that all contractors are exempt from liability.

$80K/year can really take a toll on you

Oh that's right, I forgot you were fighting for cash

mental health care. Insurance companies are brutal to them.

Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't these people really anti-american?

Basically, they've agreed to be bought off (paid exhorbitantly from the taxpayer's treasury) to further the destruction of everything that is american. You've got blackwater (bush's private army on its killing spree,) halliburton (war profiteers,) various construction and related types (helping establish our imperial presence in an illegally invaded and occupied country.) Am I missing anything? Should I be concerned that I'm not paying to help these people after they suffer the consequences of their avarice?

I'm not without compassion, but these parasites rank below many other priorities I consider much more important.

Do not forget Blackwater in New Orleans.

Why should they get special treatment?