How was the idea even fathomable?! We should be doing more for those that have sworn to protect this nation – PB/TK
VA Shelves Plan to Cut Benefit for Elderly Disabled Vets – By Richard Sisk / June 14 2017
The Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday shelved a proposal that would have cut the Individual Unemployability benefit for elderly and disabled veterans.
“To withdraw this benefit from people who rely on that money would be very difficult to do,” VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin said at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing.
Shulkin said that the proposal to cut IU came from an effort to make more efficient use of department funding, but it soon “became clear that this would be hurting some veterans, and I’m really concerned about that. I’m not going to pursue policies that hurt veterans.”
The proposal to cut the benefit, which VA officials said averages about $1,600 a month, to about 330,000 veterans provoked furious opposition from those receiving it and from veterans service organizations.
Continue to military.com article: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/06/14/va-shelves-plan-cut-benefit-elderly-disabled-vets.html
