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EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress

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The bill would enhance health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits. The House and the Senate have approved the bill overwhelmingly. The Senate did so in June, but the the bill contained a revenue-related provision that must originate in the House. The bill is projected to increase federal deficits by about $277 billion over 10 years.

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EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress

A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would enhance health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits hit a snag in the Senate last week, angering advocates like comedian Jon Stewart who say help from the government is long overdue.

2 years ago·United States

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EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress

By KEVIN FREKING Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate. Veterans groups are denouncing the delay, saying servicemembers exposed to the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan have waited long enough for care. Republicans largely support the measure but blocked it last week, saying it could lead to an explosion of spendi…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress

A bill that would enhance health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits hit a snag in the Senate last week, angering advocates like comedian Jon Stewart who say help from the government is long overdue.Lawmakers have been hearing increasingly from constituents with respiratory illnesses and cancers that they attribute to serving near burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The military used the pits to dispos…

2 years ago·Miami, United States

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