Posted by
Hope4heroes.org on Monday, August 31, 2009 9:50:36 PM
San Antonio, TX August 24, 2009 -- www.Hope4heroes.org Is formally asking for Congress to review the VA medical handbook on end of life options. It's the position of our organization that veterans at any stage of disability or illness should not be asked or placed in the uncomfortable position of feeling they have nothing to contribute. Further we are asking that the record be set straight via the Congressional Veterans Affairs Committee and they seek a full accounting of the facts to ensure veterans this book is no longer being used. "we will add this to our national agenda" say Vic Luebker, Chairman of www.hope4heroes.org. "It's a must for the VA and veterans we get the facts out there today about this book and it's use" he goes on to say.
There has been far too much media back and forth and in the process us veterans are getting left out of this discusion. It's important to address these questions in an open and direct manner.
1. If it's illegal to take it down from the website then who broke the law in 2007 when it was order removed?
2. Why not ask how we can build more VA retirement centers for veterans if they are asked if they feel they are a financial burden?
3. Who ordered the booklet be put back on the website after the 2007 removal?
4. What is being done to ensure all veterans we are just as valued in disability as we were in combat?