|
RESOLUTION 7-04
WHEREAS, members of the
Armed Forces of the United States of America are on duty 24 hours
a day and may be subject to multiple hazards, hostile environments
and unknown health conditions as a matter of course during their
tours of duty in the Department of Defense, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that these veterans
shall not be innocent victims of indiscriminate budget-cutting
efforts by attempting to change the method for service-connected
compensation for injury or disease to performance of duty; AND
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the current
line of duty approach shall remain as the standard applied to
veterans' claims.
RESOLUTION 8-04
WHEREAS, nonpayment of
both retirement pay and veteran's disability is an injustice to
the veteran, AND
WHEREAS, retirement pay
is for the time served in any military branch, AND
WHEREAS, veterans' disability
compensation is for a disability or injury while on active duty,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Blinded
Veterans Association strongly seek appropriate legislative change
to permit veterans simultaneous receipt of disability compensation
and military retirement pay without reduction of the retirement
pay.
RESOLUTION 9-04
WHEREAS, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration has been forced
to operate with decremental budgets for years, AND
WHEREAS, the administration
proposed in its 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 fiscal year budget for
VA, that Veterans Health Administration appropriations for health
care be substituted for by allowing VA to retain collections from
third party payers through their Medical Care Cost Recovery program,
AND
WHEREAS, this action sends
a clear message to the VA and veterans that VA must rely more
heavily on revenue sources other than appropriations for funding
veterans health care, AND
WHEREAS, the VA has proposed
a demonstration project that would allow VA to be reimbursed for
medical care provided to certain veterans who have dual eligibility
for VA and Medicare, AND
WHEREAS, the design of
the demonstration project is a win/win for both veterans and the
Medicare Trust Fund; veterans would have increased choices for
receiving health care and the Medicare Trust Fund would save money
because the VA has agreed to provide care at a discounted rate
to Medicare recipients, AND
WHEREAS, the Department
of Health and Human Services has agreed to a similar opportunity
for the Department of Defense to be reimbursed by Medicare, NOW
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Blinded
Veterans Association, in convention assembled in Reno, Nevada
on this 14th day of August, 2004, strongly urges the VA and Committees
on Veterans Affairs in both the Senate and the House, aggressively
pursue separate legislation, providing VA with the authority to
establish a demonstration project for Medicare Subvention.
|
