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On April 4, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a final rule waiving copayments for health care and all urgent care visits for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
The VA should not approve the waivers of any copays to any racial group of United States military veterans. It is a huge error to “woke” the United States military. We all served as Americans, as soldiers of the United States of America, and not as any separate racial group. I served as a reservist in the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Infantry, U.S. Army Reserve, and understand its World War II history and the integration of the U.S. military.
Where was the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Department of Defense or the Hawaii Legislature on this issue? This VA message is a clear federal confirmation that the “Native Hawaiian” is not indigenous in the United States and the state of Hawaii.
James Kuroiwa
Kaneohe
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