With Obama’s administration all set to make amendments, a common talked about plan that is gaining momentum is to lay the charges on private health insurance for treatments of service-related illness of veterans. Currently, these costs are borne by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a proposed change that has evoked outrage from many veterans’ groups.
Leaders from 11 major veterans’ organizations have thereby signed a letter to President Obama that mentions this consideration to be completely unacceptable. This would be a complete abrogation of legal responsibility and moral obligation of the government towards people who have never cared to lay their lives for the freedom of the country, the letter adds.
