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Frost renews call to exclude medicines from Northern Ireland Brexit rules

Industry figures warn of supply ‘cliff edge’ when new regulations come into effect in December

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023

PACT Act providing health care to burn pit victims caps decades of denied benefits for veterans

During a 13-month stint in Iraq that began in 2006, Heath Robinson served as a medic with the Ohio National Guard. Like thousands of others soldiers stationed there, he was routinely exposed to toxic smoke emanating from what are known as burn pits.

The Conversation · Aug 17, 2022

Jon Stewart receives standing ovation at PACT Act signing as Biden tells him: ‘We owe you big’

‘What you have done, Jon, matters,’ Biden tells Stewart

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

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

SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act sailed through the Senate with bipartisan support – but 14 Republicans voted no

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Senate passes landmark burn pits bill giving veterans sick and dying from toxic exposure healthcare access

Veterans, their families and advocates have spent years battling for the US government to take the issue of burn pits seriously

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Beau Biden’s death and the real crime of Boebert’s heckling. Could this finally be the reckoning for burn pits?

The issue of burn pits was given more airtime than voting rights, gun violence and abortion in Biden’s SOTU address. Two days later, the House passed sweeping burn pits legislation. Rachel Sharp hears from veterans, lawmakers and advocates about whether America’s sick and dying soldiers are finally being heard

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Senate votes to advance landmark burn pits bill, bringing sick veterans a step closer to healthcare access

The bill was named after the late Sgt First Class Heath Robinson who died in May 2020 from a rare cancer

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Senators reach deal on bipartisan burn pits bill marking major step forward for veterans

The SFC Heath Robinson PACT Act could be signed into law as soon as July after the veteran community has spent more than a decade fighting for the US government to take the issue seriously

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Biden administration adds nine respiratory cancers to list of illnesses linked to burn pits

Veterans suffering from the nine conditions who served in the Gulf War, the Iraq War or the War in Afghanistan will now be given access to VA healthcare and disability claims

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

‘You cannot be American first when you put veterans last’: Jon Stewart calls on Senate to pass burn pits bill

The bill to give access to healthcare and benefits to veterans who are sick and dying from toxic exposure to burn pits passed the House earlier this month and is now heading to the Senate

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022