What the historic health care bill Biden signed means for veterans and their families
President Biden signed a bill into law Wednesday that expands health care benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals from burn pits.
The bipartisan bill, dubbed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, is the most significant expansion of veteran health care in 30 years, according to a White House statement.
“The PACT Act is the least we can do for the countless men and women, many of whom may be in this room for all I know, who suffered toxic exposure while serving their country,” said President Biden during the bill’s signing.
“Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan not only face dangers in battle. They were breathing toxic smoke from burn pits… I was in and out of Iraq over 20 times and in Fort Barstow and all those places you could actually see some of it in the air,” Biden added.
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