Mike Michaud: “Not at this time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the biggest problem I see when you talk about veterans benefits and health…”

“Not at this time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the biggest problem I see when you talk about veterans benefits and health care, sometimes those in the administration really do not understand the distance veterans have to go to get their health care. The issue I want to bring forward is we have a lot of BSOs, and I hear a lot of complaint in the State of Maine. If a veteran in the northern part of the State has to get health care services and they go to Togas and then they have to get shipped to Boston, they stay overnight in Togas, then another day they go to Boston; they stay overnight in Boston, then they come back to Togas, then back up to the northern part. It is a 4-day trip. That is wrong. I do not think veterans should have to go through that. It is wrong. We have to make sure they are taken care of, not only their health care, but this disability tax is another issue that I think we definitely should be voting on.”