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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Mitt Romney and Rand Paul among 14 Republicans voting against healthcare for veterans suffering from burn pits

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Fourteen Republican senators, including Mitt Romney and Rand Paul, have voted against providing healthcare and benefits to US veterans who came home from America’s post-9/11 wars sick and dying from rare cancers and respiratory illnesses.

On Thursday, the Senate passed the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act – a landmark bill that will presumptively link 23 conditions to a veterans’ exposure to burn pits while on deployment overseas.

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