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Chuck Schumer Quietly Moving Lame-Duck $3 Billion Payout to Families of 9/11 Victims
Schumer’s attempt at a rapid passage through unanimous consent would bypass debate on a payout using PPP money, angering families of Marines killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing.
What Congress must accomplish: Some must-dos in the waning days of the 117th session
Unless more money is added soon, care for these responders and survivors, the heroes and victims of 9/11, will have to be rationed. No one opposes plugging the hole, but it still hasn’t happened yet.
World Trade Center Health Program best practices for diagnosing and treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
World Trade Center exposures may have the potential to cause or aggravate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
9/11 advocacy group asks CDC to reconsider contract with Sedgwick for health services due to ‘nonperformance’
The letter identifies numerous instances where Sedgwick still needs to live up to the contract’s requirements, which called for a system of providers to be in place and ready to go in May.
Jon Stewart and 9/11 advocates cajole Congress to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to vets sickened by burn pits
Federal officials believe at least 3.5 million members of the service were exposed to toxic fumes and dust similar to the noxious smoke from the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
CDC Awards Funding for Mount Sinai World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence
New contract provides eight years’ support for vital WTC-related health care for 9/11 workers and volunteers
Advocates anxious to have uterine cancer added to World Trade Center Health Program coverage list
Regulators in Washington are still reviewing the proposal, with no timeline for final approval.
What Congress owes 9/11 first responders now
Cuts are unacceptable; cuts to this program are insulting.
9/11 health program users plagued with problems using new medical providers
A change in the companies managing health care for more than 118,000 people sickened by the 9/11 attacks has proven a nightmare for many enrolled in the program.
Retired NYC firefighter with ALS fights for 9/11 pension; gets help from fallen NYPD cop’s lawsuit
Firefighter Robert Olsen claims he suffered asthma resulting from Lou Gehrig’s Disease as a result of 30 days he breathed in the toxic air while aiding rescue and recovery efforts.