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...appropriations VA medical care, a mere 1.2% increase above the 2004 level, while increasing co-pays for prescriptions and charging a $250 annual user fee for higher income veterans who do not receive compensation for a service-connected disability. In all, the fiscal year 2005 blueprint assumes an additional $2.4 billion in collections from veterans and reimbursements from private insurance companies.
"It is clear that the President's budget plan attempts to shift the burden for funding veterans health care to those brave men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country. It is utterly disgraceful to shortchange America's veterans at a time...
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