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Several senators involved with appropriations have warned Veteran Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi they will reject administration proposals to charge new fees to make up for a shortfall in veterans' health care funds. For example, VA-HUD appropriations subcommittee chairman Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo., told Principi the proposals were unacceptable to Congress last year and he could "almost assure" him they will be unacceptable again this year. He called the plan to impose a $250annual fee on veterans to enroll in the VA healthcare system and a more than doubling of prescription drug co-payments from $7 to $15 "essentially a new tax imposed on our veterans." |
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