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Over 2,200 Vet Died for Lack of Health Insurance in 2008
Michael Baranik Jennings called it the worst day of his life. As he sat in his doctor’s office that day in January 2007, he was told he had terminal cancer. Full Article at New America Media
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Posted on November 10, 2009 Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance Harvard researchers say 1.46 million working-age vets lacked health coverage last year, increasing their death rate Immediate Release Nov. 10, 2009 Contacts:... Full Article at Beltway Blips
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HEALTH CARE CASUALTIES: Harvard study says 2,200 veterans died in 2008 from lack of health insurance
New America Media Michael Baranik Jennings called it the worst day of his life. As he sat in his doctor's office that day in January 2007, he was told he had terminal cancer. Full Article at Facing South
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Army Spc. Ryan Hill and daughter, Emma, 3, light a candle Saturday near the main gate of Fort Hood in Texas. A memorial service for the 13 victims of last week’s shooting at Fort Hood will be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. ET. Full Article at Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
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November 10, 2009 - A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. Full Article at YubaNet
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I refuse to acknowledge that this is the best we can do
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Our plan enlarges the scope of the VA’s efforts to combat homelessness ... In the past, the VA focused largely on getting homeless veterans off the streets. Our five-year plan aims also at preventing them from ever ending up homeless.
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We have the advantage of saying if you give us this money, it helps the whole country
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It's not the kind of compromise that should be made or needs to be made
