U.S. Congressman Introduces Bill to Give ROK Soldiers Who Served in the Vietnam War Free Healthcare Through the VA
It will be interesting to see if this bill eventually gets passed or not considering so many Americans do not have their own healthcare:
A U.S. lawmaker has submitted a bill calling for the provision of healthcare services to former Korean veterans of the Vietnam War who have since become naturalized citizens of the United States, the lawmaker’s office said Friday.
Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) introduced the Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act or Korean American VALOR Act in January.
“As Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (VA), I introduced the Korean American VALOR Act to provide some measure of long overdue parity for these Vietnam War veterans,” Takano was quoted as saying in a legislation hearing held Wednesday.
“They served side-by-side with U.S. troops and have since become U.S. citizens, but they have never been eligible for VA healthcare services,” Takano added, according to his office.
Yonhap
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Tthis is a plan to bankrupt the VA as we already have US Vets waiting months for healthcare through that venue… And it won’t be limited to Korean vets of Vietnam. It’s the “camel’s nose under the tent” as they say…
Just buy them health insurance. Don’t add unqualified people to an already over-crowded, under-funded system.
Full Disclosure: I am not receiving any of my healthcare through the VA.
Also they should not allow people who did not contribute to SSA receive benefits except through a spouse who did. These things do not have unlimited funds and new programs should be created and funded separately, if needed.
Korean Americans don’t even have US healthcare? It was a bad idea for them to have immigrated in the first place.