American Entropy: Total injuries in Iraq from the VA

28 June 2005

Total injuries in Iraq from the VA

Looks like we'll get a closer look into what the cost has been in injuries from Iraq and Afghanistan, from Veterans Affairs

The Veterans Administration assumed it would have to take care of 23,553 patients who are veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but that number had been revised upward to 103,000, Nicholson told a House of Representatives panel.

Nicholson told a House Appropriations subcommittee that his agency's estimate of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in need of health care services was now four times greater than thought.

this creates another $2.6 billion bill we'll need to pay whenever we get rid of this leadership. These republicans do not support the troops and their president has said they do.

The Senate debated on Tuesday a proposal by a group of Democrats to add $1.4 billion to veterans' health care funding for next year.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada chided Republicans for finally acknowledging a problem. He noted that early attempts by Democrats to add money for veterans health care were "voted down on a strictly partisan vote."

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