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FDNY members frustrated after health funding left out of spending bill
22 Dec 2024 21:02 GMT
… Ansbro, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York … was expected to fund the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040. Currently, the … they will be overwhelmed by medical bills because the government failed …
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NYC firefighter unions blast House decision to strip funding for 9/11 health care program
22 Dec 2024 22:39 GMT
… would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040, 9… and dying New York City firefighters, police officers, and first responders … happened down there,” said Uniformed Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro.
Ansbro …
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WTC ailing ignored again: Congress fails the Ground Zero sick
22 Dec 2024 10:23 GMT
… the destruction of the World Trade Center who are suffering and … by the toxic air at Ground Zero.
The fault lies with … , president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association and Jim Brosi, … congresswoman who had championed the WTC health cause for decades. The …
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Fire unions livid as funding for 9/11 health fund excluded from federal budget, funds in jeopardy
22 Dec 2024 01:23 GMT
… funding for the WTC Healthcare Program,” Uniformed Firefighters Association President Andrew … to the toxins at Ground Zero should not have to … adequate funding for the medical treatment promised to them … the firehouse adjacent to the World Trade Center.
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Long Island delegation laments lack of 9/11 health plan fix
20 Dec 2024 20:17 GMT
… have guaranteed funding for the World Trade Center Health Program.
The Republican-controlled U … for more than 132,000 firefighters, police and others who were … the toxins at Ground Zero. The program also provides health care for those …
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Apple Valley firefighters to climb skyscraper to help others battle cancer
20 Dec 2024 11:30 GMT
… Valley Road.
Firefighting health risk
“There’s nothing healthy about firefighting,” Martinez … , all firefighters, regardless of whether they are career or volunteer, put … shows that firefighters and other first responders to the World Trade Center attacks on …
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Spending bill's collapse leaves money for 9/11 health program uncertain
20 Dec 2024 01:17 GMT
… permanent funding fix for the World Trade Center Health Program that had been part …
The World Trade Center Health Program provides care for more than 132,000 firefighters, police … terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in …
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On Christmas Day 50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy reduced Darwin to ruins
22 Dec 2024 19:27 GMT
… the hospital's health workers.
Late that evening, he … by Red Cross volunteers and emergency service workers at Adelaide … another route out of ground zero in Darwin.
All along … Photographer Collection)
Emergency services workers erecting a new radio …
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As 9/11 illnesses soar, Congress locks in funding for health program
18 Dec 2024 20:11 GMT
… WTC Health Program data show.
Some 69 cancers and other medical …
What WTC Health Program provides
The World Trade Center Health Program provides health monitoring and … related health conditions.
Responders, including police, firefighters, clean-up workers and …
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Three bills from state Sen. Andrew Gounardes signed into law, codifying protections for firefighters, families
18 Dec 2024 20:07 GMT
… , Gounardes said, will ensure firefighters receive the healthcare and benefits care they … in firefighters has increased.
Thyroid cancer was covered under the World Trade Center 9 … are afforded equal levels of health care coverage,” according to the …