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On the recordOctober 14, 2015
Did the delay in care of these people on the secret waiting list actually cause these deaths? We don't know.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Bernie Sanders questions the connection between delays in care and veteran deaths amid the V.A. scandal.

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