Comments on: Navy Hospital Converting ER To Urgent Care; Veterans Not Eligible

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Thu, 22 May 2014 05:46:42 +0000

So you can continue to blame Obama if you want, but that just means your uninformed.

Senate Republicans on Thursday (2/27/14) derailed a sweeping $21 billion bill that would have expanded medical, educational and other benefits for veterans.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Wed, 21 May 2014 20:18:34 +0000

You go Old Salt! I am the daughter of 2 military veterans and a military sibling and brother – in – law. It is disgraceful what is being done to the vets now.

By: John

John — Wed, 21 May 2014 13:11:44 +0000

What has gotten this country in the financial mess we are in is giving money to all the other countries who could care less about America and the wars that we have been fighting for over 20 years. War cost MONEY!!!!. If they had put all this money into America we wouldn’t be in this mess. Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame. When FEMA gives money away they have to get it from other places. When you are getting the handouts you don’t care where they are getting the money from you just want yours. If all the tax breaks for big business went away we might be able to support our vets.

By: Old Salt

Old Salt — Wed, 21 May 2014 01:57:01 +0000

Rufus, here’s a U.S. Government lesson for you since you’re not up to speed on current events in the Fed. The President has been given, by the Congress, blank check after blank check to spend as the executive deems necessary, which includes continuous debt ceiling increases that’ll doom this country in our future. Obama is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces and through his puppet, the department of defense secretary, he can order changes to every branch of the military without congressional oversight. By the way, Congress has relinquished its “power of the purse” as evidenced by its lack of fiscal control to executive branch demands; continued kowtowing to the financial direction of the white house is all the evidence necessary for the common folk to understand… Want to try again?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 21 May 2014 00:18:04 +0000

Enlisted in 69, when it wasnt cool. Boot camp at PI. iTR at camp geiger, camp pendleton then nam. Malaria, too much combat, bad hearing from being too close to bang bang. Dont expect or want anything. Just glad to get home, great family and good life. Thanks America.

By: Rufus Lowgun

Rufus Lowgun — Tue, 20 May 2014 22:25:30 +0000

You’d better talk to the people that appropriate the money and decide where it gets spent, Old Salt, That would be congress, not the President.

By: smh Vet

smh Vet — Tue, 20 May 2014 21:44:38 +0000

I am simply appalled by what the Obama Administration is doing to our military and we Vets. I was told that if I had an emergency that the only ER that would accept me and cover my visit was NHP. That was inconvenient enough and now we don’t even have that. It makes me sick to see what Obama is doing to this country and the socialist government that we are turning into. If anyone deserves the best care in this world it should be our military and we Vets! Huah!

By: Puddin

Puddin — Tue, 20 May 2014 14:44:56 +0000

Yep, thankyou Mr. Big Govt. Your welcome for my service. No, I dont mind a bit if you take away even more of my promised benefits.

By: Robert S.

Robert S. — Tue, 20 May 2014 13:00:54 +0000

“Old Salt” has summed it up very well.

While individuals in our armed forces remain committed to their mission they have less and less support from our government.
“Do More with Much Less” seems to be the credo.

We have indeed slipped from being the world’s most powerful and influential nation and that is a shame for many reasons.

To deny benefits to Veterans is a near act of treason and an embarrassment to all of the USA.

We do, however, understand and accept that the management and staff of the NHP are following the orders received from above. Like dedicated members of the military they must obey and carry through.

By: Pro vet

Pro vet — Tue, 20 May 2014 11:59:04 +0000

Thank you mr. obama and all the low information voters who voted for him. Since veterans sacrificed with life, limb, etc. why not give them the same benefits that Congress has? All congress does is spend $. Compare the two public servants, and what they do, and have done. They should be placed at the front of the line upon returning from serving. Yet, mr. obama and his administration allows at least 40 vets to pass while waiting….waiting….waiting…
Do you think Harry Reid, John McConnell wait for medical treatment? I think not.

Thank you again, low information voters for our current potUS…