After Cutting Military Healthcare, Obama Calls for "Good Healthcare" for Vets
May 30, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/263020/after-cutting-military-healthcare-obama-calls-good-daniel-greenfieldObama decided to commemorate Memorial Day (after denouncing the US military from Vietnam to Japan) by calling for "good healthcare" for veterans.
President Obama called for veterans to receive better healthcare and good-paying jobs during a Memorial Day speech at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
“We have to be there not only when we need them, but when they need us,” Obama told the crowd of survivors who have lost loved ones in battle.
“Truly remembering means that after our fallen heroes gave everything to get their battle buddies home, we have to make sure our veterans get everything that they have earned — from good healthcare to a good job,” he continued. “We have to do better.”
Who exactly is "we"? Obama and his VA secretaries who oversaw death panels at the VA? Obama pushed aggressively for health care fee hikes and cuts for military families.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel defended dramatic Tricare fee hikes included in the Obama administration's proposed 2014 budget on Thursday, telling Congress the changes “were among the most carefully considered and difficult choices” in the entire plan.
The budget calls for creating new enrollment fees for Tricare for Life, Tricare Standard and Tricare Extra health programs, and increasing deductibles and co-pays for prescription drugs, with the changes falling most heavily on working-age retirees under 65 and their families.
What's This?
Here's Obama's commitment to "good healthcare".
Significantly, the plan calls for increases between 30 percent to 78 percent in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that, the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent—more than 3 times current levels.
Everything that they have earned.
