The concept was bill private insurance for govt-provided VA health care to see whether some of the costs can be covered. Whether private insurers would pay anything would depend on their policies on serving as the second payer on medical expenses. Some insurance policies cover such costs and others do not. TO BE CLEAR, the idea wasn't to drop veterans from health care. I would tell you to read details of the short-lived idea, but the thing was dropped from consideration back in MARCH. It's AUG!