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Originally posted by Peaches@Jul 22 2004, 05:15 PM
1. This has been going on for years and years and years.
2. The military doesn't pay for anything, ergo it's not "the taxpayer's dime". The doctors make the same amount of money no matter how many operations they perform and the patients have to buy their own implants, pay for the food they eat while in the hospital, and anything else that's "extra".
3. Implant surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery IS needed in the military and they really DO need the experience.
4. The people wanting these elective surgeries have to fill out about a jillion forms AND wait until there's space AND might get bumped off at any time up until the surgery if something else comes up.
Another case of journalistic sensationalism that doesn't quite tell the whole story 
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I always thought it was weird when hub was in the hospital back @ Ft. Sill and they took the meal credit out of his paycheck AND he had to pay for his food while he was in the hospital... they totally double-dipped him. And on E2 salary that's a BIG deal. lol
Yeah, I think it's funny when the media goes on and on about all that the taxpayers get stuck paying for with our military when they will go on and on without stop about how we need to be paying MORE for welfare, free medical care to illegal aliens, etc. etc...
What a screwed up world. Good on ya Peaches for setting the record straight...
