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Comment: My Commitment to Wounded Veterans "While I applaud the President for his recent actions, I believe its been long overdue" By U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers Our soldiers deserve the best medical care. They give us their best and risk their lives for us, and we owe them the best care we have. It defies common sense and decency to provide them anything less. Our soldiers are trained to fight our enemies overseas, not bureaucracy and red-tape in our system of American military hospitals. But thats exactly what our men and women in uniform are subjected to when they return from the battlefield. Recently, reporters from the Washington Post wrote a series of articles describing the deplorable conditions at an outpatient facility in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center complex in Washington D.C. Soldiers and their families described conditions that nobody, especially those returning from war, should have to endure. The Post articles revealed a healthcare bureaucracy overwhelmed and understaffed. As a result, three top Army officials have been fired, and President Bush has ordered a thorough review of all military and veterans healthcare facilities to weed out any other problems. Former Senator Bob Dole, who was seriously injured in World War II, and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala are leading the efforts. While I applaud the President for his recent actions, I believe its been long overdue. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, I have consistently fought for the health care needs of our troops and veterans. As a result, the Department of Defense health budget has almost doubled over the past five years, from $19 billion in 2001 to over $37 billion in 2006. Clearly, Congress has done their part by providing adequate resources to our military health care commanders. What they have lacked, it seems, is the leadership to allocate those resources in a timely and prudent manner. With 75 hospitals and 461 clinics serving almost 9 million soldiers and veterans under their care, too much is at stake for the same mistakes to be repeated. I am working with my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to ensure the incidents at Walter Reed are not repeated. We are holding our leaders accountable, asking tough questions and demanding straight answers. The time for excuses is over. When our government officials dont feel the urgency to fix problems, its my job and the job of Congress to make sure they do. There are times when you have to kick people to do the jobs they are supposed to be doing anyway. That time is now. I want our wounded soldiers, veterans and their families to know that I will stand for nothing but the best medical care for our soldiers. Our military leaders will answer for how every penny of their health care budget is spent, so that we may restore dignity to our brave men and women in uniform and the country they fight for. This story was posted on 2007-03-15 18:21:49
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