Enlisted chiefs: More health, child care wanted

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Enlisted chiefs: More health, child care wanted
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Feb 18, 2008 13:27:05 EST

It’s all about access.

Better access to health care and more child care capacity are top priorities for troops and families, the services’ senior enlisted advisers told lawmakers Feb. 7.

“Soldiers and families routinely identify access to quality medical care as a priority to them and a primary reason they ... stay in the Army,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston.

“We invested heavily this last year in caring for our wounded warriors,” Preston told the House Appropriations subcommittee on military quality of life and veterans affairs.

“But the medical challenges we faced a year ago were not limited to Walter Reed,” he said. “We cannot have consistent world-class healing environments without proper medical facilities and improved quality and access to care.”


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/02/army_advisers_080218w/



uhc comment: The military budget for 2009 is almost 3/4 of a trillion dollars and the troops need better access to health care and more child care? :wtf: