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if they sacrificed 20 years or more of their life to fight for our country. If they risked their lives to protect us for 20 years or more they were promised free health care.
I know this is not a lot of money right now. But a 6%+ increase every year will eventually make health care for veterans un-affordable. How about just cutting some of those no-bid contracts to Halliburton instead.
"For fiscal 2012, DoD is asking to increase Tricare Prime enrollment fees by $30 for individuals and $60 for families, a 13 percent hike from current fees. In 2013 and beyond, DoD would link increases to the rise in the health cost index."
So, instead of cutting contract give aways to Cheney's friends, instead of making the excessively wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, instead of cutting subsidies to oil corporations, they are going to cut health care for the people who have risked their lives for this country.
I'm sure that will keep the current recruits coming in to volunteer, when they hear how our government does not keep it's promises to it veterans.
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