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Millions of veterans are about to get expanded healthcare access
Millions more veterans exposed to toxins during service will qualify for VA healthcare on March 5.
Allie Kelly
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Repeat Covid infections put people at organ failure, death risk: Study
A team of US researchers has revealed that repeated Covid infections contribute significant additio…
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Department for Veterans Affairs 'accidentally' changes its motto to the gender-neutral alternative
The Department for Veterans Affairs will continue to uphold the motto handed down by Abraham Lincol…
Bethany Dawson
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3 Trump associates, including a Marvel exec, tried to get the Department of Veterans Affairs to sell vets' medical records for profit, docs say
The trio, who were based out of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, discussed selling the data with Johnson …
Bill Bostock
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Department of Veterans Affairs 'moving ahead' to provide gender-affirming surgery to transgender veterans: report
The Department of Veterans Affairs health insurance currently pays for hormone therapy and mental h…
Connor Perrett
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US Department of Veterans Affairs becomes the first federal agency to require healthcare workers get vaccinated
About 115,000 of the US Department of Veterans Affairs' healthcare workers will be required to get …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Homelessness among American veterans increased this year by its largest margin since the US started tracking
On a single day in January this year, over 650,000 people were homeless, according to a newly relea…
Katie Balevic
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Rep. Ruben Gallego pushes for VA to strip benefits from service members and veterans who stormed the Capitol
"Any veteran or servicemember who stormed the Capitol ... forfeited their moral entitlement to priv…
John L. Dorman
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Identity verification service ID.me has a lucrative contract with the VA. Veterans and their families say it’s locked them out of disability payments and emergency assistance.
These issues disproportionately affected older veterans and veterans abroad, and added technical hu…
Caroline Haskins
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Biden just canceled student debt for 41,000 borrowers with disabilities. Here's who qualifies.
Borrowers may qualify for student loan forgiveness if the VA ruled them unemployable or if a physic…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden just reduced 'financial distress' for veterans by allowing most of their medical debt to go unreported to credit bureaus
Any debt, whether it be medical or student debt, can harm credit scores. The VA is ensuring veteran…
Ayelet Sheffey
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An Army veteran lied about being paralyzed to get over $1 million in disability benefits and used some of the money to buy a BMW, feds say
According to court documents, investigators saw the Army veteran walk up and down stairs, lift and …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Veterans are being misled into taking out student loans 'they didn't need,' a Biden official says — and 'offending schools' will face consequences
Federal Student Aid's Richard Cordray issued schools a warning: be upfront about student loan costs…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A disabled veteran facing $7,000-per-week medical costs wrote a letter begging the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy judge not to allow a settlement
People trying to settle claims against Purdue Pharma have written emotional letters to the bankrupt…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A West Virginia nursing assistant admitted to intentionally killing 7 patients with fatal doses of insulin
Reta Mays, 46, administered fatal doses of insulin to her patients while she sat alone with them du…
Michelle Mark
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Up to 2 million veterans could miss out on $1,200 stimulus checks if they don't file with the IRS
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have called on the IRS and Treasury to make the payments a…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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GOP congressman who voted twice against veterans health bill is now urging his constituents to enroll in its benefits
"You don't want to miss out on this opportunity," wrote Schweikert in an email this week to his con…
Bryan Metzger
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4 cops were caught on video laughing after a disabled veteran urinated on himself after being denied restroom access
Dynell Lane, a veteran who was wounded while deployed for the US Army, was refused access to a rest…
Alia Shoaib
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An Air Force veteran was attacked by hundreds of fire ants on 2 occasions at a Georgia residential facility before his death
Joel Marrable's family is seeking compensation of $20 million from the government and pest control …
Naina Bhardwaj
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A veterans home misidentified two COVID-19 patients, telling one family their father was recovering when he had actually died
The veteran's family was told he was recovering from COVID-19, but hours later, they found out he h…