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To: KLP who wrote (9415)	9/25/2003 6:32:44 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

It was passed because the GIs continue to get their regular per diem food allowance while hospitalized. If the Army waives the hospital food charge, the GIs essentially double dip on the meals allowance. That's the rationale, whether we agree with it or not.

To: KLP who wrote (9415)	9/25/2003 6:42:07 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

I'd like to know what kind of rationale went into it, and who proposed it and why? No, they don't, Karen. The story twisted the fact that if you are on a daily food allowance instead of rations when you go into the Hospital, you lose the allowance. Since it is given to you as a monthly allotment, they backcharge it out of your next paycheck. That's fair. I will never forget receiving a $300 TPA allowance in 54 to travel from Ft Ord to New York City. When I finally got to Germany they made a mistake and reduced my paycheck, as a private, from $95 to $40 to make me repay it. Took me three months to straighten it out.

To: KLP who wrote (9415)	9/25/2003 6:48:37 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

<<uw--Is there truth the the St Peterburg FL article that our GI's who are injured and hospitalized have to pay for their food while in the hospital? If so, what is the law number, or title? >> Ok, you are assigned to a unit and the unit mess gets paid $8.10 a day for your food, which you sign for. When you go TDY, temporary duty, either to another unit for a short stay or the hospital your unit mess doesn't get the $8.10 per day for your food, it gets paid to you, tax free. You can eat your three squares and pass on the $8.10 that was given to you or starve and pocket the $$. Yep, this guy was charged $8.10 per day for his food but was also given $8.10 a day by the army to pay the bill. He lost nothing out of pocket. This is the second go around on this issue trying to make Bush look bad.

To: KLP who wrote (9415)	9/25/2003 8:55:12 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

uw--Is there truth the the St Peterburg FL article that our GI's who are injured and hospitalized have to pay for their food while in the hospital? Karen, I see you already have three good answers. FWIW, I add my two cents. I speak with some experience having had a 3 1/2 month and an 18 month Army hospital stay. First, soldiers do not pay for food while hospitalized. Second, in theory, soldiers never pay for food. Third, the Army either has to provide three meals daily or pay you to buy them (Either way, the Army provides.). That can become ridiculous. For example, at Ben Het, located half way between Dak To and the Laotian border, things were too hot for regular food deliveries, so the entire A Team got subsistence allowances (about $35 a month then). Only one problem...as I told a 3 star...there ain't no grocery stores out here. Any soldier drawing subsistence allowance in Iraq is probably in the same boat we were, and would no doubt prefer the Army diet to the cash. uw