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AMVETS Believes that the Administration's VA-Funding Recommendations Fall Short in Vital Areas
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AMVETS IS URGING CONGRESS TO CLOSE A THREE-BILLION-DOLLAR
SHORTFALL IN PRESIDENT BUSH'S 2009 V-A BUDGET. ACCORDING TO
"THE INDEPENDENT BUDGET"--WHICH IS CO-AUTHORED BY AMVETS,
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA,
AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS--THE ADMINISTRATION'S FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS FALL SHORT IN FOUR VITAL AREAS: HEALTH CARE, MEDICAL AND
PROSTHETICS RESEARCH, VETERANS BENEFITS, AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS.
AMVETS NATIONAL COMMANDER, J-P BROWN, THE THIRD, DISCUSSES
THE IMPACT OF THE BUDGET SHORTFALL...
(BROWN):
"AS YOU KNOW, NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR HEALTH-CARE SERVICES MEANS THAT
FEWER SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DEAL WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY,
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, VISUAL AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT, AND
SPINAL-CORD INJURY. INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH MEANS THAT
VETERANS WITH EITHER LOSS OF LIMBS OR SPINAL-CORD INJURIES MAY NOT
REALIZE THE PROMISE OF MOBILITY, INDEPENDENCE, AND A BETTER QUALITY OF
LIFE. A LACK OF INVESTMENT IN A BETTER AND FASTER CLAIMS SYSTEM
MEANS THAT THE CURRENT BACKLOG OF 870-THOUSAND CLAIMS AND APPEALS WILL
GROW EVEN BIGGER, AS OUR BRAVE HEROES RETURN FROM WAR. AND THE
HUGE GAP IN CONSTRUCTION FUNDING MEANS THAT, FOR MANY VETERANS, SERVICES
COULD BE OUT OF REACH. CONGRESS CANNOT FUND A WAR, WITHOUT ALSO
PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE WAR-FIGHTER; TELL YOUR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT 'THE INDEPENDENT BUDGET'."
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
W-W-W-DOT-"INDEPENDENT-BUDGET"-DOT-ORG.
