Bush bankrolls tax cuts on the backs of veterans
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Clyde
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Democrats reject health care fees for vets
Democrats who control the House and Senate veterans' affairs committees have rejected the Bush administration's call for new enrollment fees and higher drug co-payments for some veterans and have proposed bigger budgets for health care.
In the Senate, Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, the veterans' committee chairman, and his fellow Democrats are asking for a $2.9 billion increase over the Bush budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically for medical care.
The Bush administration had requested $39.4 billion for the VA for nonbenefits items, including $34.6 billion for health care-related costs.
"We believe that this is the amount necessary to treat all eligible veterans and maintain the quality of VA medical services through the upcoming fiscal year," Akaka said in a statement.
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