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VA expects to be short $2.6 billion for vet care

“The Bush administration disclosed yesterday that it had vastly underestimated the number of service personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan seeking medical treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and warned that the health-care programs will be short at least $2.6 billion next year unless Congress approves additional funds.
Veterans Affairs budget documents projected 23,553 veterans would return this year from Iraq and Afghanistan and seek medical treatment. However, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson told a Senate committee the number has been revised upward to 103,000 for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. He said the original estimate was based on outdated assumptions.”

link to full article: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002351504_veterans29.html

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