Many Veterans Uninsured

I saw an article by Kevin Freking of the Associated Press, based on a study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, saying that 1.8 million American veterans lack health insurance. The article says that most Americans "assume" that veterans get free medical care through the VA, but that assumption is false, as many veterans are working people who make too much money to qualify for VA care, but that their incomes are not great enough to be able to afford health insurance on their own. Others, according to the article, cannot afford co-payments, or the communities in which they live don't have VA care facilities. As with other Americans, the number of veterans without insurance has been increasing. The Harvard folks feel that more money is needed by the VA, or better yet, they recommend universal health coverage for the U.S.