Veteran Disability Lawyer
Decades after one of the worst
drinking water contaminations in U.S. history, affected Marines and their
families may finally receive the health care they need.
Camp Lejeune is a Marine base
located in North Carolina. Over the
course of 30 years, up to one million Marines and family members were exposed
to drinking water contaminated with human carcinogens.
The U.S. Senate recently passed,
by unanimous vote, a bill that provides these soldiers with health care for
diseases and conditions resulting from exposure to the contaminated water. This care will be available to those who
lived or worked at the base from 1957 to 1987.
The passage of the bill was not
without some apprehension. Senator Jim
DeMint of South Carolina initially blocked the bill due to his concerns about
opportunities for fraud. However, after amending
the bill to address this, the bill passed unanimously.
The amended bill now goes to the
U.S. House of Representatives for approval.
“After decades of denial,” said
Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina, “this country owes it to them to ensure they
are taken care of in their time of need.”
We couldn’t agree more.
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