[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 249 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 249

     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs should take full responsibility for 
  financing the health care benefits earned by veterans with service-
                        connected disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2009

 Mrs. Lummis submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs should take full responsibility for 
  financing the health care benefits earned by veterans with service-
                        connected disabilities.

Whereas the Federal Government has a moral responsibility to provide health care 
        to veterans with service-connected disabilities;
Whereas any abdication of this responsibility constitutes an affront to disabled 
        veterans across the United States; and
Whereas many disabled veterans purchase supplemental insurance coverage for 
        themselves and their families to meet health care needs not covered by 
        the benefits they earned through their military service: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs should take full 
        responsibility for financing the health care benefits earned by 
        veterans with service-connected disabilities;
            (2) the purchasing of supplemental health insurance by a 
        veteran should not be grounds for reducing the Federal 
        Government's obligation to such veteran; and
            (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs should not implement 
        policies that discourage disabled veterans from purchasing 
        supplemental health insurance coverage for themselves and their 
        families.
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