The bill was designed to expand health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits at and near U.S. military bases overseas.
It’s now an uphill battle to expand health care and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits at and near U.S. military bases overseas.
“There are going to be veterans who die between now and when this bill is passed,” said Sen. Jon Tester, D- Montana.“This is an embarrassment to the Senate, to the country, to the founders and all that the process to hold dear,” he said.It’s estimated 3.5 million service members were exposed in Iraq and Afghanistan.He said he believes his stage four colon cancer was caused by burn pit exposures.
“There were some soldiers that were just sitting there in that space with this fume, toxic fume cloud over them for over a year. And now that I know, when I think about that in retrospect it’s honestly horrifying,” Barbosa said. Advocates say that if eventually passed, the long-awaited legislation would make it easier for veterans to seek medical coverage.
“It takes away the burden on the soldier so that they can focus on fighting for their life or so that their family can focus on grieving and healing,” said Amanda Barbosa, wife of Rafael Barbosa.“And that could have been the difference between stage two colon cancer, which is survivability in the 90s. And what I ended up with, which is stage four, which survivability in the low teens, big difference,” Rafael Barbosa said.
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