What are the benefits of a purple heart?

My brother recently recieved a purple heart, and i was curious about the benefits. Health Care, etc.

What are the benefits of a purple heart?
It is an award for shedding blood for the greatest country on God's green Earth. Those who receive it are automatically listed in the Order of the Purple Heart.





ALL VETERANS not just those awarded the medal are entitled to treatment in VA hospitals.





The medal itself is traced back to the Revolutionary War when General Washington allowed wounded soldiers to adorn their uniforms with a purple ribbon to signify their sacrifice.





To equate service and sacrifice to a political loss is a disservice to all who have worn the uniform.
Reply:None. A Purple Heart is just a medal given to honor wounded or slain servicemen. There are no economic honors. In fact, there are no economic benefits for any US medal, because then that would be morally wrong. People would get themselves shot or do stupid things to get money.





As for the VA, all servicemen who were wounded or something are entitled to VA care. It's not just for medal winners.
Reply:He gets absolutely no benefits. The purple heart is the government's way of throwing a soldier a bone for all he has given, including his limbs. It won't even get him a free bus ride.
Reply:None. It is a medal, which is an award, like an actor getting an oscar. It is to honor them.
Reply:Cool license plates and a daily reminder to be more careful...
Reply:It makes you lose the election to geaorge bush.


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Reply:free drinks





Jeremy Grey: John, I need to see you right away, it's important.





John Beckwith: Hi, what's up?





Jeremy Grey: We got three very big weeks ahead of us. It's wedding season!





John Beckwith: You sandbaggin' son of a b****! You sly dog! Now how many of them are cash bars?





Jeremy Grey: Great question, I love where your head's at and two of them actually are, but I got us covered. Purple hearts. We won't have to buy a drink all night.





John Beckwith: Great, I'll get my suit. Now who are we this time?
Reply:VA prosthetics.
Reply:I'm not quite sure of the exact benifits, but my grandfather earned one in the Battle of the Bulge during WWII and he's in a VA nursing home now. I'm not sure whether he's able to be in the VA nursing home because of the purple heart or just because he's a veteran, though.





(VA Nursing Homes are free)