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House Makes Good on its Promise to Care for Toxic-Exposed Veterans
House Makes Good on its Promise to Care for Toxic-Exposed VeteransPress ContactJenni Geurink (202-819-4684) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif) made the following statement after his comprehensive bill, H.R. 3967, as amended, the Honoring Our Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxics Act Of 2021 Or Honoring Our PACT Act,…
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Equity in care
DAV pushes the VA to address disparities in minority veterans’ care, outcomes As the nation’s largest integrated health care system, the Department of Veterans Affairs serves a growing racially and ethnically diverse population. Minorities have served in every American conflict since the Revolutionary War and, since 1990, are joining the military in ever-increasing numbers. Likewise,…
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US veterans in the Philippines in coronavirus vaccine limbo
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. A group of U.S. military veterans in the Philippines say they’ve been left in limbo by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which will only…
