Should service in Iraq and Afghanistan be a recognized health hazard for vets applying for benefits?

[AnnaLee]

1. Health care for life

Health care for life should be part of the bargain made with young soldiers in return for serving this country. I have watched as the country has tried it's darnest to avoid providing health care to Vietnam and Gulf War soldiers claiming health consequences of war zone activities. As we argue about whether this or that was caused by military service, I just don't get it. A person's life or health is a high cost; something ought to make the country absorb the cost. Health care for life should be automatic. End the debate on whether a person's service affected their health. Of course it did.