Graham Platner

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2,222 appearances 59 recordings 20 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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Up First from NPR · Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

When you go turn in a piece of paperwork and they say, oh, you filled out the wrong form 47-alpha.

You're supposed to fill out 47-bravo.

You don't go back and do that.

You think this system doesn't care about me because I'm already depressed and angry.

And then you continue suffering.

That needs to end.

I have found that VA health care for me has been incredibly life-changing.

The process to get it

was still a total pain in the ass.

I mean, I think I filed my first claim in 2013, and it wasn't until the early 2020s that the VA finally gave me my final rating.

I mean, that's a long, long time.

For many of those years, I didn't even have anything.

And those were the years in which I struggled the most because I didn't have access to that support.

I mean, that was when I was struggling.

So what I would say to those vets is, help's on the way.

I mean, I very much want to go up in the U.S.

Senate and be a strong voice for making sure that not only

Do we expand VA benefits?

Not only do we protect it from the likes of Donald Trump and Doge, who are just trying to cut money left and right and just strip these systems for parts.

I want to expand the VA's ability to find veterans who are suffering and get them the benefits that they earned.

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