http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/03/27/the-price-of-war
Apparent meltdown at the VA over getting benefits to veterans.
As vets have crowded home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – with all kinds of needs and wounds and disabilities – waiting times for help have soared. 273 days on average, for vets with immediate problems.
642 days for vets in New York. 619 in LA. 500-plus days in Chicago. Nearly a million vets waiting. 600,000 backlogged. Applications lost. Vets in trouble.
It’s a scandal. And maybe a sign of a country delaying and denying the true cost of war.
This hour On Point: veterans back from war and backlogged.
- Tom Ashbrook
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