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Families of veterans face growing emotional and financial toll in providing care

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Summary
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73% Informative

A survey commissioned by the nonpartisan Elizabeth Dole Foundation found those caring for military members or veterans are an increasingly large group and stretched increasingly thin.

More than 14 million Americans are caring for a service member and spend $ 9,000 a year out of pocket for care.

Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour .

VR Score

83

Informative language

88

Neutral language

41

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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no sources

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