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SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit a Utah veterans’ medical center on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the signing of legislation providing aid to veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits. 1st Class Heath Robinson, stand by in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2022. The U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of waste on foreign bases until the mid-2010s. Under the law, certain cancers and ailments, including hypertension, are presumed to be connected to the burn pits and the need for veterans to prove they were connected was eliminated. Biden has said he believes there may have been a connection between the brain cancer that killed his son Beau Biden at age 46 and the burn pits that Beau was exposed to during his military service.
Persons: Joe Biden, Heath Robinson, Danielle, Brielle Robinson, Kevin Lamarque, Biden, invigorate, George E, Beau Biden, Beau Organizations: LAKE CITY, White, REUTERS, Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical, Reuters Locations: Utah, Washington , U.S, American, Salt Lake City, U.S
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - President Joe Biden visited a U.S. veterans’ medical center in Utah on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the signing of legislation that provides aid to veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits. 1st Class Heath Robinson, stand by in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2022. The U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of waste on foreign bases until the mid-2010s. Under the law, certain cancers and ailments, including hypertension, are presumed to be connected to the burn pits and the need for veterans to prove they were connected was eliminated. “The PACT Act means today’s veterans and their families won’t suffer the same painful frustrating delays and denials,” Biden said.
Persons: Joe Biden, Heath Robinson, Danielle, Brielle Robinson, Kevin Lamarque, Biden, invigorate, George E, Orange, ” Biden, , , Beau Biden, Beau Organizations: LAKE CITY, White, REUTERS, Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical, Reuters Locations: U.S, Utah, Washington , U.S, American, Salt Lake City, Vietnam
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The bipartisan bill, known as the PACT Act, is the most significant expansion of veterans' health care and benefits in more than 30 years, a White House official said. Danielle Robinson was a guest of first lady Jill Biden during the president's first State of the Union address when he called on Congress to pass burn pits legislation. Biden has said he believes Beau’s cancer was linked to exposure to burn pits during his deployment. The legislation increases veterans' access to medical care and disability payments for exposure to burn pits.
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