It's easy to put a Support Our Troops bumper sticker on the back of your car. It feels good and costs nothing. Here's what costs: paying for the long term treatment and care for service members suffering from traumatic brain injury. That requires - brace yourselves - taxes. In the frenzy undertaken by House Republicans to make the world safe for corporate socialism, lots of people suffer. The poor. The middle class. And the men and women we send into harm's way. Tricare, the mangled care - oops, managed care - organization that insures military personnel, veterans, and their families is refusing to provide the kind of care that has been repeatedly shown to bring about the best recovery for brain injured vets, cognitive rehabilitation therapy. Why? Well, it's expensive so they contracted with a private consultant to say more study is needed despite the overwhelming evidence for its efficacy. Want to do something to really support our troops? Write or call your Congressional Representative and US Senators and urge them to demand that Tricare provide the treatment our service members need and deserve! Please pass this on.
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