Obama: VA care not affected by health overhaul

Obama: VA care not affected by health overhaul    (YET)

Aug 17 01:15 PM US/Eastern

PHOENIX (AP) - President Barack Obama says a proposed overhaul of the
nation's health care system is not going to change how veterans get
their medical services.

Obama on Monday told a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that
no one in Washington is talking about taking away their benefits.
Instead, Obama said he's instructed senior aides to work with the
secretary of veterans affairs to come up with better ways to serve
veterans.

Obama told the veterans gathered in Phoenix that he wants the 57
regional VA offices to come up with the best way to do business and
harness technology to break through the bureaucracy. Obama has
repeatedly complained that red tape keeps too many veterans from the
care they deserve.

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That's why you do not see Veterans screaming and shouting at town hall
meetings. And the same way with seniors on Medicare....it does not
effect them one iota. Every system under the sun needs to overhaul
itself, as new infomation comes in.