Human Toll - Up to 700,000 U.S. Casualties Expected from Iraq and Afghanistan

Mar. 16: War's Legacy, Its Human Toll - Up to 700,000 U.S. Casualties Expected from Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts
Of the 1.7 million service members with recent combat experience, some 800,000 are now veterans entitled to VA health care and benefits. Of those, 300,000 have had treatment; 40 percent were diagnosed with a mental health problem, more than half with PTSD, according to Veterans Affairs figures released as a result of a lawsuit by Veterans for Common Sense, a nonpartisan veterans advocacy group. Paul Sullivan, the group's executive director, says the patient figure could eventually reach 700,000. A recent Harvard University study says taxpayers' cost for the care of injured veterans will run up to $700 billion.




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