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By BILL ADAIR, Times Staff Writer

© St. Petersburg Times: September 11, 2003

WASHINGTON - After a grenade exploded inside his Humvee in Iraq, Marine Staff Sgt. Bill Murwin was treated at a military hospital and spent four weeks at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Part of his left foot was amputated.

His medical care was free, but the U.S. government billed him $243 for the food.

Then, just three days after he received his first bill for the hospital food, he got a stern letter saying the bill was overdue. It warned that his account would be referred to a collection agency.

Murwin, like thousands of other military personnel hospitalized every year, is expected to reimburse the government $8.10 per day for food. That's standard procedure because of a law Congress passed in 1981. But it has angered many military families over the years.

Is that the best you can do to bash America?

What's stopping you from paying the poor guy's food bill (if it's true)?

I guess your sad little story has you convinced that America is as evil as the terrorists would like to think it is? Have you hugged a terrorist today creep face?

Why don't you do an expose on who foots the bill for toilet paper in the Russian army? That is, if they have any.

Shoo Fly!

Snake Feller

At what point did he bash America? Did you read any part of his post? He quoted a newspaper article. Someone was injured while defending our country, and had to pay for his own food while in the hospital. Seems a little silly. You are such an ignorant POS.

A little tidbit you conveniently left out of your post...Rep. C.W.Young and his wife Beverly helped pay his bill. Because Young is one of the most powerful politicians in Washington, he was able to do something else- file legislation to repeal the 1981 law. Huh-whu? Someone in the U'S' Government doing something good? Who woulda' thought? See what a little extra homework can reveal?

Sobek isn't interested in anything positive in America, just like that nat, with the bobo brand computer, buzzing around here bashing Kingsnake, has no interest in anything positive about this website. Two morons in a pod!

Snake Feller