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Injured GIs Pledged Better Care

Commission calls for overhaul of military health system

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 26, 2007 5:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – The military health care system is inadequate to treat the casualties of two modern wars and the nation should immediately move to overhaul it, a bipartisan presidential commission concluded yesterday. The panel called for improvements in treatment of brain injuries and post traumatic stress syndrome,... Read full story »

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