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The Veterans of Foreign Wars, along with other veterans organizations, have other concerns about the '07 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs (previous item). First is the proposal to charge co-payments to veterans who already make co-payments through third-party insurers. This in effect would force them to pay twice for the same coverage, explained the VFW. Such double-billing would impact veterans with disability ratings of 40 percent or less. Not mentioned in the budget, says the VFW, is how the Veterans Benefits Administration would address a VA claims backlog of more than 813,000 cases. Concerned about the quality of claims decisions, the VFW also questioned how the VA is planning to overcome a huge exodus of experience as the baby-boomer generation retires from federal service over the next five years. |
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