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Podcast: Eye on Veterans
Episode: Toxic Loophole: Army vet fights illness, denied by VA and insurance
Description:
Army veteran Mark Jackson is sick from diseases related to his time at a remote US military base in Uzbekistan. The VA has denied his claim, and The PACT Act, which was recently signed into law by President Biden, does not cover the osteoporosis (and other conditions) he is suffering from. His private insurance (Blue Cross Blue Sheild) also denied coverage for another year of the medication he desperately needs. Without insurance, the monthly bill for these meds is almost $5K per month.We talked at length about his story, the toxic base known as K2, and ho...