I’m Confused…

I am thoroughly confused by this story:

“American Legion Strongly Opposed to President’s Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment.”

Here’s the gist of it:

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.

The plan is apparently being enacted to save the government some $540 million. 

Now, as far as I am concerned, if I were a veteran, I would rather go through private insurance anyway.

Now that said…I thought Obama was all about nationalizing health care?  I mean, it was the main plank of his campaign.  And now he wants wounded veterans to use their own insurance to pay for battle wounds?  How on earth does this make sense?

I for one believe that our veterans should never have to worry about paying for a hospital bill due to anything involving active duty.  So how is a president who ran on universal health care going to make these guys (and gals) pay for battle wounds with their own insurance?

I would have to believe there is more to this story.  But if there is not, it is indeed an incredibly disappointing turn of events.

In other news, Saturday’s show isn’t available for download yet…we hope to have it up as soon as possible.

As always, thanks for tuning in.