A bill aimed at making immediate improvements in the treatment - medical and otherwise - of wounded combat veterans passed the House Armed Services Committee by a 59-0 vote Tuesday, with some concerns that lawmakers may be moving too fast.
The bill, called the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007, is a blueprint for fixing many of the problems that have surfaced for outpatients at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but it also does more.
Michael Higgins, an armed services committee staff member, described the bipartisan bill as representing solutions - some of them only temporary - to problems uncovered over several years of studying the care for wounded service members. Cutting red tape, or at least getting help for wounded service members and their families in reducing the snarl, is a key part of the package.
A step in the right direction. We'll see how well it is implemented.
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