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Guests on Missoula program allege VA retaliation and access problems for Gulf War sufferers
Summary
Callers and physicians on the Missoula program described veterans’ difficulty getting care, alleged removal or targeting of VA physicians who questioned official Gulf War illness positions, and examples of practical help obtained via congressional offices.
Callers and guests on the Missoula radio program described systemic barriers to care for Gulf War veterans and repeated allegations that some Department of Veterans Affairs physicians who questioned the official stance on Gulf War illness faced retaliation.
Host Joyce Riley cited a recent New York Times report that Representative Christopher Shays had accused the Department of Veterans Affairs of an effort to remove physicians who publicly questioned the agency’s Gulf War illness stance. Riley asked guest physicians to comment on reports that VA…
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