Congress Ends 9/11 Workers’ Health Care Bill

NY1 News
Tuesday, Sept 30, 2008

Congress has abandoned legislation to provide billions of dollars in health care for September 11th recovery workers.

The program would have provided long term care for workers who were at the World Trade Center on or shortly after September 11, 2001 at an estimated cost of at least $5 billion.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg strongly objected to a part of the bill that would have forced the city to pay for 10 percent of the program, saying it would place an undue burden on city taxpayers.

In addition, the legislation would have reopened the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, adding around $6 billion to the plan.

The legislation had the backing of several New York congressmen but was overshadowed by negotiations surrounding the financial bailout.

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This is how our Government treats the heros, does anyone expect them to treat you or I any better?

the twin towers were loaded with asbestos,and guiliani claimed the air was safe. this is a crime

Funny isnt it they will rob from the poor to help the rich with the wall street crisis yet leave these real heros to die a horrible death, broke and forgotten. They made a great photo op and propaganda piece and now they are quitely tossed on the curb.

Sorta what I thought. All the propaganda for wall street, 700 bill., but we can't get 6-7 bill. for the 9/11 first responders.

Hell is waiting for these criminals.

Yet somehow we claim some type of moral high ground above the rest ofthe world. This is so wrong

Ideaologues are dangerous, more so when the ideaology was spawned from evil and delivered to morons.

I am pictureing bush standing in front of a flag and ground zero

I think I know which one, isn't it the one with the old firefighter, that he had his arm around... I wonder what that old timer thinks now?