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WASHINGTON, DC (WTVD) -- A Fort Bragg Green Beret fighting for his life is also fighting for change that would affect all active duty military.

Army Sgt. First Class Richard Stayskal isn't working to change an obscure court ruling that prohibits him from suing the military health system -- the one that missed his terminal lung cancer -- just for himself.

Lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that would allow service members and their families to sue the government, in certain cases, when a member of the military is a victim of military medical malpractice. The bill was introduced by Rep.

Sandy Hurley initially wasn’t planning to attend the “Fayetteville Fans First Look” unveiling of the downtown baseball stadium because of the rainy weather.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce strongly supports legislation that would permanently repeal or extend the suspension of the onerous medical device tax, including H.R. 2207, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019. We applaud Representatives Ron Kind, Jackie Walorski, Scott Peters, and Richard Hudson for leading the effort on this bipartisan legislation, and urge you to cosponsor it.

With a planned public tour of the new Segra Stadium scheduled to occur only one day from now, the contractor on the project by late Thursday afternoon had not yet received a temporary certificate of occupancy that is required before the public can enter the downtown stadium.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), issued the following statement on introduction of bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2207) in the U.S. House of Representatives to permanently repeal the medical device excise tax: