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Ron Johnson: “Over the last couple years, we've lost three veterans to the…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson Comments on Va Health Care Recommendations.

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

But it's very disappointing to hear that VA Veterans affairs health care has been added to this. And this sits pretty close to home with both Senator Baldwin and myself. We have a facility in Tomah. Over the last couple years, we've lost three veterans to the system. Two died with deaths related to potential opiate drug over prescription. And not even a month ago, a 74 year old veteran with I'm not a doctor, but pretty obvious … (00:23–00:29)

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Asserts that three veterans have died due to issues in the VA system over the past couple of years.

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