President Proposes Raise to Prescription Prices for veterans

President Proposes Raise to Prescription Prices for Veterans
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According to administration officials, President Bush's FY2006 budget proposal plans to increase health charges to veterans.
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According to administration officials, President Bush’s FY2006 budget proposal plans to increase health charges to veterans. The president’s $2.5 trillion budget includes a proposal to more than double co-payment charges for veterans receiving prescription drugs, while requiring some veterans to pay a new annual fee of $250 to use government health care.

The proposal stands to face opposition from veterans organizations along with members of Congress. According to a NY Times article, "Democrats have already indicated that they are poised to pounce on any sign that the Bush administration is stinting on veterans’ benefits."

The budget plan would increase co-payments from $7 to $15 for a month's supply of prescription drugs. Moreover, the $250 fee for government health care would largely apply to those veterans without service-related disabilities and higher incomes. As of now, the government does not have an estimate of how many veterans would be affected by the proposal. To read more, see this article. For more on proposed changes affecting veterans, read this VA press release.

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