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09/11/2003 Archived Entry: "Thanks for your service. Now pay up."
Thanks for your service. Now pay up.
It seems like every day, the military gets screwed over yet again.
After a grenade exploded inside his Humvee in Iraq, Marine Staff Sgt. Bill Murwin was treated at a military hospital in Germany and spent four weeks at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Part of his left foot was amputated. His medical care was free, but the government billed him $243 for the food.
Then, just three days after he received his first bill for the hospital food in Germany, he got a stern letter saying the bill was overdue. It warned that his account would be referred to a collection agency.
Murwin, like thousands of other military personnel hospitalized every year, is expected to reimburse the government $8.10 per day for food. That's standard procedure because of a law Congress passed in 1981. But it has angered many military families over the years.
Let me note that I'm not blaming Whistle Ass for this one. This one's Reagan's fault.
Replies: 2 people speak up
come on, this is patriot day, havnt you heard, you better be quiet, someone might hear you. support the troops, god bless america fat white ass. this isnt the day to be pointing out the fact that everything this country touches turns to shit, or that bush is the anti christ. you might get lynched or something, be afraid, be very afraid (and sick, so fucking sick, god this all makes me want to vomit)
Posted by justin @ 09/11/2003 05:08 PM NY
And don't you know if Congress, gawd forbid, tries to change this back so the servicemember is fed for free (as it should be), some blowhard republitard will bitch about it. "They're TAAAAAAAKING from me! WAAAAH!"
BTW, I have my own personal nightmare- I fell ill during a shipyard period out of homeport, was sent to a civilian hospital, and fought the government for months to pay the fucking bills. I was chased by bill collectors. Had to write my Congressman for relief. This kind of bullshit is standard operating procedure.
Posted by Yasmin @ 09/13/2003 02:27 PM NY
