Obama to make Vets pay for their own medical treatment

YAHOO NEWS, 3/16/2009 - The President says he will save $540 million by forcing wounded vets' private insurance to reimburse the government. Vets call this move “unconscionable”

WASHINGTON, 3/16,2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization says he is “deeply disappointed and concerned” after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases. Read more at Yahoo News...