Number	24112
Subject	Military
Source	CBS News
State	NY
Year	2008
Publication Date	01/31/2008; 05/19/2008
Summary	Carmelo Rodriguez was a marine who said his skin cancer was misdiagnosed while he was serving in Iraq. The Carmelo Rodriguez story raises disturbing questions about the care that military doctors give to servicemen and women, and it presses the issue of whether soldiers should be able to sue the federal government for medical malpractice, which is not currently allowed.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	11
Keywords	Carmelo Rodriguez; health care; veterans; military; Iraq; misdiagnosis; malpractice;
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