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Congress passes bill to extend health coverage for 9/11 responders
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Congress passes bill to extend health coverage for 9/11 responders
Jessica Glenza in New York and agencies
Wednesday 16 December 2015 17.36 GMT
Emergency workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 will have their health coverage extended as part of a $1.1tn government spending bill passed by Congress on Tuesday.
The renewal of the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act covers for the next 75 years first responders who became sick after working at Ground Zero and reopens the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund for the next five years.
The legislation’s renewal represents a significant victory for the New York Congressional delegation, who with first responders and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart lobbied hard for the Zadroga Act’s renewal.
“I’m humbled to be in the presence of first responders … I lived in downtown Manhattan and remember that day and the months following (9/11) and the debt we owe to the first responders who brought stability and comfort and peace of mind to a very shaken city, and a very shaken country, and a very shaken people,” Stewart said on Tuesday night, according to NBC News.
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Jessica Glenza in New York and agencies
Wednesday 16 December 2015 17.36 GMT
Emergency workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 will have their health coverage extended as part of a $1.1tn government spending bill passed by Congress on Tuesday.
The renewal of the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act covers for the next 75 years first responders who became sick after working at Ground Zero and reopens the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund for the next five years.
The legislation’s renewal represents a significant victory for the New York Congressional delegation, who with first responders and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart lobbied hard for the Zadroga Act’s renewal.
“I’m humbled to be in the presence of first responders … I lived in downtown Manhattan and remember that day and the months following (9/11) and the debt we owe to the first responders who brought stability and comfort and peace of mind to a very shaken city, and a very shaken country, and a very shaken people,” Stewart said on Tuesday night, according to NBC News.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/16/congress-spending-bill-budget-zadroga-911-health-and-compensation-act
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