uninsured veterans

this shouldn't happen to ANYONE in american. NO ONE. especially NOT a vet (but as i said NO ONE). we're rich. well as nations go we WERE rich. that is until king george and his court threw billions and billions and billions (and are continuing to do so i might add) out of the proverbial window.

(hey peeps who bomb clinics who perform abortions why aren't YOU up in arms about the lack of decent health care for americans children - at the very least)

Study Finds 1.8 Million Veterans Are Uninsured
Figure Has Grown by 290,000 Since 2000, Professor Tells House Veterans Panel


By Christopher Lee`Washington Post Staff Writer

As the nation struggles to improve medical and mental health care for military personnel returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, about 1.8 million U.S. veterans under age 65 lack even basic health insurance or access to care at Veterans Affairs hospitals, a new study has found.
The ranks of uninsured veterans have increased by 290,000 since 2000, said Stephanie J. Woolhandler, the Harvard Medical School professor who presented her findings yesterday before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. About 12.7 percent of non-elderly veterans -- or one in eight -- lacked health coverage in 2004, the most recent year for which figures are available, she said, up from 9.9 percent in 2000. Veterans 65 and older are eligible for Medicare..........