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To: Bill who wrote (76923)	1/27/2007 9:47:16 AM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

Iraq vet denied healthcare, commits suicide I really don't have much to add to this Star & Tribune article except that it needs wider distribution. A Minnesota Marine home from Iraq told VA mental health counselors on three separate occasions that he was thinking of killing himself. After one of these conversations he was placed on a waiting list for hospital admittance, he was No. 26. Four days after this occurred, he was gone. My greatest condolences to the family. This should not have happened. The new congress needs to take immediate action to insure that these vets coming home have health care. AND THIS INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE! My personal, unprofessional, opinion is that if this vet was sick enough to be placed on a waiting list, a bed somewhere should have been found for him.