My husband's disability check also went up. It does each year based on cost of living increases. However, they are cutting the benefits by shutting down some of the Vetran's hospitals in much needed areas. My dad lives in NE Oregon and he has to travel about 2 hours to the nearest Vetrans hospital in Washington. But now their going to be closing it soon and he'll have to travel 6-7 hours (on a good day) just to get his regular check ups and things. In fact they've already transferred him there but the hospital is still open for emergencies...for the time being. I just wonder how they figure that stuff out. I'd gladly give them back the extra few dollars a month so they could keep a hospital open for the older Vetrans who rely on that for their annual, and a lot of times semiannual checkups. But hey, I guess that's just politics right?!

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