money to sock away and even if he could go to the v pachlt heal va. or should go to uva. alisyn: and the health system can t cover your family. if you can t cover your sick child you may go bankrupt when they have illness. you may feel like you don t have insurance. there is a tri care transitional program family members are supposed to be enrolled in. if he didn t know about the va side, what does he know about transitional tri care benefits for the family? it s a disgrace and we must do better and the va must answer for it. alisyn: very quickly, how do we do better. you ve got to digitize this stuff and create incentive i ve gone through the va program with a g.i. bill, you were a number as opposed to an individual whose needs need to be met and a bureaucracy responsive to the need. and it s what bureaucracy
country more than 100,000 veterans, men and women who fought for their country, are literally sleeping on the streets. more than 8,000 in los angeles alone. what surprised me more is that there s a plot of land, nearly 400 acres, that was donated it s free just to build a home for vets. it would have been a lifesaver for one vet i met in los angeles. you are young. how old are you? 22. almost 23. almost 23. you are from this area originally? san fernando valley. just up over the hill. fresh out of high school, robert signed up to fight for his country. what makes an 18-year-old join the army? i wanted to go to college, make something of myself. the army said they would pay for it. there s a contract. i will serve my country but then my country will serve me. that s kind of what i was hoping for, yeah. where did it fall apart? it began to fall apart in iraq. you saw things that i know you don t want to talk about. no, i don t. you probably never want to
first my investigation of a situation i found unacceptable. you might be surprised to learn that on any given night in this country more than 100,000 veterans, men and women who fought for their country are literally sleeping on the streets. more than 8,000 in los angeles alone. what surprised me more is that there s a plot of land, nearly 400 acres that was donated. it s free just to build a home for vets. it would have ban life saver for one vet i met in los angeles. you are young. how old are you? 22. almost 23. almost 23. you are from this area originally? san fernando valley. just up over the hill. fresh out of high school, robert signed up to fight for his country. what makes an 18-year-old join the army? i wanted to go to college, make something of myself. the army said they would pay for it. there s a contract. i will serve my country but then my country will serve me. that s kind of what i was hoping for, yeah. where did it fall apart? it began to f
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