Veteran insurance idea dropped.

[SirNitram]

Insofar as something in a study by an unnamed mooked can be dropped, it's dropped: Link

[quote]The White House on Wednesday backed off a controversial plan that would have dramatically altered the way the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) handles insurance claims, after veterans groups staged an all-out fight against such a proposal.

President Obama will not pursue a proposal that would have allowed the VA to charge private insurance companies for the treatment of veterans with service- or war-related injuries. The proposal raised the ire of prominent Democrats on the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs panels. On Wednesday morning 68 Democratic and GOP House members sent Obama a letter, initiated by freshman Rep. Glenn Nye (D-Va.), urging the administration to drop the proposal.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was the first to announce Wednesday afternoon that the president won’t pursue such a proposal.

She told veterans that Obama decided to scrap the proposal “Based on the respect that President Obama has for our nation’s veterans and the principled concerns expressed by veterans’ leaders.â€

[General Havoc]

What was it Obama said? Something like "We're going to try lots of things, and we're gonna keep what works, and drop what doesn't?" That's certainly not verbatum, but it's the basic idea.

This one wasn't gonna work, and so they dropped it. I'm actually glad to see it.