Casualty of care: Ex-Marine grapples with VA system

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska has made healthy strides in improving care over the last few years. But some patients still fall through the cracks. In the first of a two-part story, an ex-Marine explains his difficulties navigating care and benefits through the VA, and the effect its had on his life.
Scott Harrison spends most of each day on a hospital bed in his cabin that stopped working after a water-leak shorted it out. Photo: Zachariah Hughes.
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