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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls for action to plug $3B hole in 9/11 health fund
There are about 120,000 9/11 responders and survivors in the World Trade Center Health Program. When Congress voted in 2015 to fund it through the year 2090, it underestimated how much it would cost.
Gillibrand Pushes To Close $3.6 Billion Funding Gap In 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program In End-Of-Year Spending Bill
Senator Gillibrand is pushing to include the bill in any upcoming legislative vehicle, including the omnibus spending bill or any end-of-year funding package.
A Better Settlement for 9/11 Families
A federal judge blocked one path forward, but Congress can open another with a legislative tweak and repurposed federal funds.
CFPB and New York Attorney General Take Action Against Companies that Cheated 9/11 Victims
The settlement will provide more than $600,000 in debt relief, bar the defendants from doing business with governmentally created 9/11 victim-compensation funds, and impose a $1 civil money penalty.
Proposed Settlement Bars Financing Firm From Victim Compensation Funds
Under the settlement, RD Legal Funding and its owner, Roni Dersovitz, are permanently barred from doing business with potential recipients of any governmentally created 9/11 victim compensation funds.
Characteristics of Cancers in Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster at a Young Age
A total of 23 different types of cancer were identified, including cancer types rare for this age group. Many were diagnosed in individuals lacking traditional cancer-specific risk factors such as tobacco use.
CFPB and New York Attorney General Take Action Against Companies that Cheated 9/11 Victims
The harmed consumers are entitled to payments from the James Zadroga 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund.
CDC keeps contract with Managed Care Advisors-Sedgwick as it struggles to provide medical services to 9/11 responders
The CDC has no plans to terminate a contract with a company that is struggling to provide medical services for 9/11 responders, and the agency is declining to say what penalties the firm could face.
Chef who fed first responders after 9/11 struggles with cancer
Moogan would deliver food to the building for three days, not knowing it would impact his health in the future. A little over a decade after the attacks, Moogan was diagnosed with cancer.
Assessment of Alzheimer’s Disease Imaging Biomarkers in World Trade Center Responders with Cognitive Impairment at Midlife
Preliminary results suggest that WTC responders with neurocognitive dysfunction may be at increased risk for a neurodegenerative dementia process as a result of their exposures at September 11, 2001.