Medical Care: Illegal Immigrants vis-à-vis Military Veterans
 

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Harry Riley 
 
Medical Care: Illegal Immigrants vis-à-vis Military Veterans
by Harry Riley, Robert Pear of The New York Times Company,
reported May 9, 2005  

"The Bush administration announced on Monday that it would start paying hospitals and doctors for providing emergency care to illegal immigrants.  The money, totaling $1 billion, will be available for services provided from Tuesday through September 2008."

As a veteran and military retiree, I find government policy and funding for anything "illegal" to be astounding, but to provide a virtual blank check for medical care funding for illegal immigrants is "salt in the wound" of all veterans who are fighting for earned medical care and other benefits. 

"Emergency care" for illegal immigrants means many conditions.....it means when you have a sniffle, off to the emergency room...next will be pre-natal, post natal, care of infants, on and on...whatever it takes.......politicians have our nation on a slippery slope to legalized destruction.  Policies of this nature simply enable others to view illegal actions as justified and sanctioned by the US government, creating greater expectations.  Whatever happened to a "nation of laws"?

Our veterans, at least the majority of the 23 or so million, park and complain they are being shafted (they are)...not appreciated (they are not), spouses and widows neglected (they are), but these same patriots refuse to stand-up and be counted.  However, the other side of the coin suggests warriors that protect our freedom and liberty should not have to fight the very government they sacrificed to protect...if government ignores obligations and commitments made to it's warriors, can anyone count on anything done in Washington, D.C.?

When a citizen answers the call, leaves blood and body parts, or perhaps a life on the battlefield, there should be no need to convince the leaders of a nation to keep commitments and honor warrior sacrifices.  Unfortunately, warriors, spouses, and widows  must beg, plead,  and yes, whine for earned benefits...the question now is, do they get in line behind illegal immigrants?

Harry Riley  
 
"The bedrock of our very "freedom and liberty" rests on the sacrifice of our warriors and spouses."