We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/va_third_party.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:21:27 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Bottom line - they raise some of the issues you guys raised. As I said - the devil is in the details. One thing is probably certain - someone will get screwed from some direction. And that is usually the ones who can least afford it. That said - I think it's perfectly okay to look at the idea, poke and prod it, etc. Take a look at how it's been working with TRICARE and Medicare, which apparently has a similar provision. I don't fault 'em for pushing the envelope. That's just *your* incentive to spend a little money in support of the veteran's organizations who are going to carry our water in this discussion. You don't have to think it's fair - but it is the environment in which we currently operate. And a reminder - on issues like this, it is not the Agency nor the President that is your friend. It's Congress. I say that because an awful lot of us have a default position, from decades of service, of not realizing our interests align differently depending on the issue. Details below the fold. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/va_third_party.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/va_third_party.html Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:11:53 -0600
Three other offers I got did.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/va_third_party.html#comment-85867 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/03/va_third_party.html#comment-85867 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:11:54 -0600
Maybe Obama should do like he said he was going to do:  Not spend more money than government takes in.  Of course he said that after signing the Pork Bill.

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But you really make a good point about two things, contact and financial support to the VSO's. The whole bit about "Other Health Insurance", raises a whole host of issues. All of these costs should be placed under the cost of war.  This would include past and present, done. THANKS!
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