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WASHINGTON -- Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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Veterans: There's no plan
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD The new rules of warfare and advances in medical care have resulted in improved survivability rates for our troops, meaning that we, as a country, find ourselves in the position of having to care for wounded and disabled soldiers and vets for longer...
Veteran Disability Payments To Increase As Number Of Veterans Decreases
The U.S. will spend an estimated $59 billion or more annually in 2033 to compensate disabled veterans, compared with $29 billion annually currently, according to internal Department of Veterans Affairs documents obtained by the Associated Press, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. According to VA,...
Veteran disability payments to increase as number of veterans decreases
The U.S. will spend an estimated $59 billion or more annually in 2033 to compensate disabled veterans, compared with $29 billion annually currently, according to internal Department of Veterans Affairs documents obtained by the Associated Press, the AP/Kansas City Star reports.
Number of disabled veterans rising
Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of America's vets shrinks. ... In this Nov. 8, 2007 file...
Disabled vets' medical costs are set to soar
WASHINGTON – Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come. ... Payments tend to go up as veterans age, and an increasing number of...
Disabled Vets To Cost Billions Over Years
There will be fewer veterans in the next 20 years, but caring for them will cost most than ever before. ... Better Care Means More Survivors Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans...
Surge in disabled vets to cost U.S. billions
Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come -- even as the total population of America's vets shrinks. ... By Jennifer C. Kerr, The...
Number Of Disabled Veterans Rising
Increasing numbers of disabled U.S. troops will cost the U.S. tens of billions of dollars over coming decades. more ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds that will cost the nation tens of billions of...
Disabled vets' care will cost billions
WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
Cost of benefits rises with number of disabled vets
WASHINGTON — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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