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Subscribe to RSSOne New Hampshire voter describes how benefits for injured veterans sway his choice of a candidate in the Jan. 10 Republican primary.
Sargent First Class Jon F. Worrall was retired from the U.S. Army after an IED exploded six feet away from the Humvee he was driving north of Baghdad in January of 2005. Eleven surgeries later and diagnosed with PTSD and a non-penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) he now counsels young soldiers returning with similar injuries under the Soldiers Helping Soldiers program.
Worrall would like whichever candidate is elected as the next President to address the issue of retirement and VA disability payments to the young soldiers who suffer TBI and other disabilities. While Worrall has worked for years and has a 401k and his Army retirement, younger soldiers are left with retirements as low as $125 per month and will have a hard time starting a career after suffering a traumatic brain injury.
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TeaPeople utter the phrase "Support our Troops"......that's it!
Then would always support sending them any and everywhere for no good reason....with no benefits or extended needed medical care upon return.....if they return!
There are over 100,000 of our brave veterans living on the streets today - with little assistance and less hope of finding employment. These are some of the people the far right accuse of wanting a handout. We need to do better - we have to do better to help these men and women.
Speaking as an American citizen and not a vet, I think its deplorable the way these men and women of sacrifice have been treated! Given the reality on the battlefield, our soldiers should be treated with respect and unhindered in their access to a better life, once back home!
Here are citizens ready to die for what America represent, and we can't even guarantee them living-wage jobs, adequate healthcare services, affordable housing and low-interest loans!? What a deplorable exchange for their sacrifices!! What in the world is wrong with the thinking of policy-makers!? Is this dejavu all over again? Hasn't anything been learned from the Vietnam era vets!??
No Rah13, our politicians talk a good game then turn around and forget. Nothing has been learned from the Viet Nam days.
But the VA does have several programs to help vets who may have lost their health care due to the economy. For those vets in cyberland in such a situation, contact your VA office to enlist in a health care program. If you qualify, and you are not required to have a service connected claim, you will receive care. Med costs are at a reduced rate of $9 per month per order, but that is also waived depending on income.
The VA may be vilified by some, but it is doing a good job of helping our veterans. Most vets, however, are not aware that they may qualify for the program.
Spread the word to those veterans who may be in this unfortunate situation of the current economic time.