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
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.