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PACT Act providing health care to burn pit victims caps decades of denied benefits for veterans

  • Written by Jason A. Higgins, Post-doctoral fellow in digital humanities, Virginia Tech
PACT Act providing health care to burn pit victims caps decades of denied benefits for veteransPresident Joe Biden applauds Brielle Robinson, daughter of the late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, after signing the PACT Act on Aug. 10, 2022.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

During a 13-month stint in Iraq that began in 2006, Heath Robinson served as a medic with the Ohio National Guard. Like thousands of others soldiers stationed there, he was...

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