New Law Opens VA Health Care to Some Priority Group 8 Vets

In this May 21, 2015 file photo, members of a construction crew work at the site of the Veterans Administration hospital complex under construction in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

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Published August 11, 2011

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