Heros Act
I have been a little remise in following up on this Hero’s Act and went to visit Bill Faith to see where we stand. Basically the Hero’s Act we were blogging about back in November 2004 - February 2005 has been signed into law by President Bush. We know we were looking for more support for the families. This is such a good thing. But the question is why has this not been in the news? Wait, never mind. I already figured that out.
Bush signs $82 billion war funds bill
In a nutshell, the HEROES Act, which I blogged about here and in several follow-up posts, is now law, as well as the “Traumatic Injury” Insurance discussed here. (A tip of the hat to William “1stCav” Page for that last link.) We can never do too much, and in my opinion we still aren’t doing enough (What about the Sailor who was killed when the USS San Francisco hit that undersea mountain, for instance?), but at least we’re doing more than we were. It’s a start.
This changes the payout:
The package Bush signed also includes provisions increasing the death benefit for U.S. service members from $12,000 to $100,000; raising the maximum life insurance benefit for service members from $250,000 to $400,000; and authorizing $100,000 payments for troops who lose a limb or suffer some other traumatic injury
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This is not perfect but it is very good start.
I am going to take this off the side bar but it is in this post if I need it again.
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