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Obama To Sign Veterans’ Health Care Overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected today to sign a veterans health care bill into law.
The $16.3 billion measure allows the Veterans Affairs Department to hire thousands of doctors and other health care workers and make it easier to fire senior VA executives judged to be negligent.
It's in response to reports of veterans dying while waiting for doctor appointments and employees covering up those delays.
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