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Coverage dated August 1, 2022

Explainer: How health care for vets became a fight in Congress

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Veterans groups say servicemembers who were exposed to the pits have waited long enough for enhanced health benefits. Where the issue stands.

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  1. Bismarck Tribune

    Explainer: How health care for vets became a fight in Congress (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    Veterans groups say servicemembers who were exposed to the pits have waited long enough for enhanced health benefits. Where the issue stands.

  2. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    How health care, disability benefits for veterans became fight in Congress (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    A bill that boosts health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate, angering advocates like Jon Stewart who say help from the government is long overdue.

  3. WTOP Washington DC

    EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Lawmakers have been hearing increasingly from constituents with respiratory illnesses and cancers that they attribute to serving near burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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