In last week's issue of Nature magazine (behind subs firewall) the Editors drew attention to the fact that the military is at it again, shafting veterans and active duty soldiers on the issue of medical benefits. This time its the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a bill before Congress that bans the use of genetic information to discriminate against health care recipients. Guess who's fighting the bill using the heavy hand of (R)Tom Coburn. The Health Insurance Industry, of course. Yeah, I know; that was a real difficult guess. You're totally shocked.
But then again, guess who's been granted an exemption, largely without comment or public discussion? The Pentagon. While that might not shock you, it should make you very, very angry.
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