host: leo shane.uest: yeah, look, i hear this from veterans from all areas, " delay, deny, and die," that is what happens when they file claims. there are bureaucratic hurdles. this removes some of them. this issue of being able to approve some of the science. there's a lot that happens with the burn pits, because of the rules and regulations were hamstrung to help out in certain ways. veterans to get health care if they are in poor shape and don't have other options, but those benefits, that ability to, you know, to be financially taken care of is something that this has just been a sore sticking point. hopefully we won't see that in the coming years. hopefully we will see corrections, and we won't see thousands, millions of veterans start to get help that they believe they deserve and that most of the public believes they deserve as well. host: donna out of ohio, republican, good morning. caller: yes, i want to know why that you guys always talk about the veterans. well, my husband was a veteran. he

host: leo shane.uest: yeah, look, i hear this from veterans from all areas, " delay, deny, and die," that is what happens when they file claims. there are bureaucratic hurdles. this removes some of them. this issue of being able to approve some of the science. there's a lot that happens with the burn pits, because of the rules and regulations were hamstrung to help out in certain ways. veterans to get health care if they are in poor shape and don't have other options, but those benefits, that ability to, you know, to be financially taken care of is something that this has just been a sore sticking point. hopefully we won't see that in the coming years. hopefully we will see corrections, and we won't see thousands, millions of veterans start to get help that they believe they deserve and that most of the public believes they deserve as well. host: donna out of ohio, republican, good morning. caller: yes, i want to know why that you guys always talk about the veterans. well, my husband was a veteran. he

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