Exhibit 250 ยท Research paper (not peer reviewed)
The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars
Between 2001 and 2050, the total costs of caring for veterans of the post-9/11 wars are estimated to reach between $2.2 and $2.5 trillion.
Projection built from VA VetPop actuarial tables and BLS data; double the author's 2011 and 2013 projections; more than 40 percent of post-9/11 veterans already approved for lifetime disability benefits. Published before the PACT Act (August 2022), so it does not include PACT-driven changes.
- Source
- Costs of War Project (Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School)
- Date
- 18 August 2021
- Quoted from
- Summary, p. 1
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/sites/default/files/papers/Costs-of-War_Bilmes_Long-Term-Costs-Care-Vets_Aug-2021.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit