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Deal adds $1 billion for World Trade Center Health Program to omnibus spending bill
New York’s Democratic senators struck a deal with Mitch McConnell Wednesday on an amendment to add $1 billion to the omnibus spending bill to cover a WTC Health Program funding shortfall.
Congressional negotiators agree to add $1B for 9/11 health fund in end-of-year spending bill
A last-second deal in the massive government funding bill will buy several more years for the World Trade Center health program before it runs into a budget crunch.
9/11 Betrayal: Lots of Money for War While First Responders Get Short-Changed
Without congressional action, the World Trade Center Health Program will run out of money starting in FY 2025.
$3 billion in WTC health care funding dropped from spending bill
Missing from the 4,155-page omnibus package posted at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday was $3.6 billion to cover a projected funding shortfall, beginning in October 2024.
9/11 health fund spending for ill responders left out of Congress budget deal
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised but couldn’t deliver $3 billion needed to plug a looming deficit in the health program that treats ill 9/11 responders and survivors.
Senate lurches toward conclusion on massive spending package
The Senate took its first step Tuesday toward passing a nearly $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package needed before Christmas Eve to avert a partial government shutdown.
World Trade Center Health Program’s $3 Billion Left Off Omnibus
The massive $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations package to fund the government filed after midnight doesn’t include the $3.6 billion fix among the long list of items attached to the legislation (H.R. 2617).
Funding for 9/11 health program is left out of federal omnibus bill
While the program was reauthorized in 2015 and extended through 2090 with bipartisan support, it is estimated to be too cash-strapped to take on any new claims after October 2024.
The World Trade Center Health Program: an introduction to best practices
This issue of Archives contains a series of updates to clinical best practices relevant to medical conditions whose treatment is covered by the WTC Health Program.
Gillibrand Statement on 9/11 Health Funding Fix Being Left Out of Funding Package
“We have never failed our 9/11 heroes and we don’t intend to start now.”