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111TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 249
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department
of Veterans Affairs should take full responsibility for financing the health
care benefits earned by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 17, 2009
Mrs. LUMMIS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
the Department of Veterans Affairs should take full re-
sponsibility for financing the health care benefits earned
by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Whereas the Federal Government has a moral responsibility

to provide health care to veterans with service-connected
disabilities;
Whereas any abdication of this responsibility constitutes an
affront to disabled veterans across the United States; and
Whereas many disabled veterans purchase supplemental in-
surance coverage for themselves and their families to
meet health care needs not covered by the benefits they
earned through their military service: Now, therefore, be
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1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
2 resentatives that—
3 (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs should
4 take full responsibility for financing the health care
5 benefits earned by veterans with service-connected
6 disabilities;
7 (2) the purchasing of supplemental health in-
8 surance by a veteran should not be grounds for re-
9 ducing the Federal Government’s obligation to such
10 veteran; and
11 (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs should
12 not implement policies that discourage disabled vet-
13 erans from purchasing supplemental health insur-
14 ance coverage for themselves and their families.
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