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Sequestration and 9/11 health
You may have heard about “sequestration” lately. These are automatic cuts to the federal budget across the board that may go into effect in January 2013. The 9/11 health care bill — the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act — may be included in these cuts. 911 Health Watch board member Peg Seminario wrote […]
9/11 Firefighter fights cancer
11 years ago, Bobbie Jo Lawrence and the Oregon Disaster Medical Team went to New York City to help treat the firefighters and first responders working at Ground Zero.
Zadroga 9/11 health benefits must not be held hostage in deficit battle
The heroes of Sept. 11 should not be held hostage in the political battle on Capitol Hill over the U.S. deficit. Yet that is where the matter stands at the moment.
NY pols’ plea on Zadroga
The New York congressional delegation called on the White House yesterday to spare $38 million in health-care and compensation money for 9/11 first responders slated to be cut at the end of the year if Congress can’t come up with a spending agreement.
Gillibrand, Schumer, Maloney, Nadler, King, 9/11 First Responders and Survivors Call on Feds to Protect Zadroga Funds from Looming Sequester Cuts
With the deadline nearing for Congress to negotiate a balanced deficit-cutting package or face deep automatic cuts across federal programs, memebrs of Congress hold a press conference with first responders and survivors.
‘Never meant to triggered’: A rally for 9/11 health money as the debt ceiling deal comes due
At a press conference near the World Trade Center Monday, a handful of elected officials, union leaders and activists prepared for a “worst-cast scenario” in which Congress fails to reach a compromise to avoid across-the-board budget cuts that were part of last year’s compromise to raise the federal debt ceiling.
Advocates Protest Potential Congressional Cuts To Zadroga Health Coverage
Supporters of the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act appeared by the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan on Monday to ask Congress to avoid cuts to the law’s health programs. The act provides health care funding and compensation for first responders and September 11th survivors.
Politicians, activists to rally against Zadroga cuts
Politicians and activists will rally in Lower Manhattan Monday to ask Congress to protect funding for health care for 9/11 first responders. They will call for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act to be exempt from looming budget cuts.
9/11 Responders May Face Deep Cuts in Zadroga Funds
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said as much as $38 million could be slashed from the Zadroga Act that helps sick first responders next year if Congress does not reach a budget deal.
At WTC rally, protesters urge 9/11 funds protection
Activists and politicians rallied at the World Trade Center in Manhattan Monday, urging President Barack Obama and Congress to protect millions in funding for 9/11 first responders and other survivors from looming budget cuts.