Positions and Views of Mike McIntyre
on Veterans
| Currently Elected US Congress District 7, North Carolina |
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Mike McIntyre's positions and views on the issues:
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| Veterans |
Positions and Views |
| Veterans, a General Statement |
We must also honor those individuals who served their nation in the past and helped shape this country into what it has become today. We must uphold our commitments to these veterans to ensure that they receive quality benefits and services. I continue to support the Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act, a measure that would take an additional step toward restoring adequate health care to military retirees by allowing them to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) once they turn 65. For retirees who entered the service prior to 1956, it would provide fully-paid coverage under FEHBP.
I have also continued to support legislation, the Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act, which would provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans' health care. Unfortunately, the money that is set aside for VA hospitals and clinics falls under discretionary spending, meaning that there is no guarantee that it will be increased as the demand grows. I completely disagree with this manner of handling this money and will continue to push for guaranteed levels of funding for veterans' health care.
Throughout my tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, I have worked to enact concurrent receipt legislation and provide our veterans with proper health care. It is time that we put an end to the disabled veterans tax which forces disabled military retirees to give up one dollar of their retirement pensions for every dollar of disability payment they receive. This tax, which is also known as "concurrent receipt", is penalizing 25,900 of North Carolina's disabled veterans and costing them an estimated $155 million in benefits annually. If we are to fulfill our commitment to those who helped build America's strength and security, we must enact legislation to provide all veterans with the full benefits they deserve.
On November 24, 2003, the President signed into law the Fiscal Year 2004 National Defense Authorization [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
| GI Bill & Veterans' Benefits |
We must also honor those individuals who served their nation in the past and helped shape this country into what it has become today. We must uphold our commitments to these veterans to ensure that they receive quality benefits and services. I continue to support the Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act, a measure that would take an additional step toward restoring adequate health care to military retirees by allowing them to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) once they turn 65. For retirees who entered the service prior to 1956, it would provide fully-paid coverage under FEHBP.
I have also continued to support legislation, the Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act, which would provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans' health care. Unfortunately, the money that is set aside for VA hospitals and clinics falls under discretionary spending, meaning that there is no guarantee that it will be increased as the demand grows. I completely disagree with this manner of handling this money and will continue to push for guaranteed levels of funding for veterans' health care.
Throughout my tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, I have worked to enact concurrent receipt legislation and provide our veterans with proper health care. It is time that we put an end to the disabled veterans tax which forces disabled military retirees to give up one dollar of their retirement pensions for every dollar of disability payment they receive. This tax, which is also known as "concurrent receipt", is penalizing 25,900 of North Carolina's disabled veterans and costing them an estimated $155 million in benefits annually. If we are to fulfill our commitment to those who helped build America's strength and security, we must enact legislation to provide all veterans with the full benefits they deserve.
On November 24, 2003, the President signed into law the Fiscal Year 2004 National Defense Authorization [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
| Veterans Funding |
We must also honor those individuals who served their nation in the past and helped shape this country into what it has become today. We must uphold our commitments to these veterans to ensure that they receive quality benefits and services. I continue to support the Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act, a measure that would take an additional step toward restoring adequate health care to military retirees by allowing them to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) once they turn 65. For retirees who entered the service prior to 1956, it would provide fully-paid coverage under FEHBP.
I have also continued to support legislation, the Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act, which would provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans' health care. Unfortunately, the money that is set aside for VA hospitals and clinics falls under discretionary spending, meaning that there is no guarantee that it will be increased as the demand grows. I completely disagree with this manner of handling this money and will continue to push for guaranteed levels of funding for veterans' health care.
Throughout my tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, I have worked to enact concurrent receipt legislation and provide our veterans with proper health care. It is time that we put an end to the disabled veterans tax which forces disabled military retirees to give up one dollar of their retirement pensions for every dollar of disability payment they receive. This tax, which is also known as "concurrent receipt", is penalizing 25,900 of North Carolina's disabled veterans and costing them an estimated $155 million in benefits annually. If we are to fulfill our commitment to those who helped build America's strength and security, we must enact legislation to provide all veterans with the full benefits they deserve.
On November 24, 2003, the President signed into law the Fiscal Year 2004 National Defense Authorization [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Veterans' Health and Medical Care |
| Retired Veterans Benefits and Health Care |
| Survivor Benefits |
| Disabled Veterans Health Care |
| Homeless Veterans |
| Vetreran Job Retraining |
| Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
| Disability Claims |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Brain Injuries (TBI) |
| Persian Gulf War Illnesses |
| Agent Orange Related Illness |
| Walter Reed Army Medical Center Scandal |
| POWs and MIAs |
| Veterans Administration (VA) |
| Theft of Military Identity Data from VA |
| Veterans' Recognition |