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WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Obama administration is abandoning a controversial plan to charge private insurers for treatment of veterans’ service-connected ailments, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel met with veterans’ groups on Wednesday.
Pelosi made the announcement while meeting with a group of veterans on Capitol Hill.
Veterans’ representatives and members of Congress have angrily opposed the proposal, which White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said was never finalized.
Leaders from 11 veterans groups discussed their position in a meeting Wednesday afternoon with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
On Monday, the groups met with President Obama, Emanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, director in charge of defense spending for the Office of Management and Budget.
