Sept. 11 bill shelved - Democratic Underground

susanbanks44

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Tue Sep-30-08 12:24 AM
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Sept. 11 bill shelved

WASHINGTON - Congress has shelved a $10.9-billion bill to provide health care for Ground Zero workers, partly because of opposition from New York City officials.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg objected to a provision in the bill that would have required the city to pay 10 percent of the cost of a long-term program providing health care to those sick after working amid the toxic World Trade Center debris after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The total cost of the 10-year health program was to be $5.1 billion. The city's share was to be $500 million.

The bill also would have reopened the Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund for those who became sick after working amid the toxic debris.

More:

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/news/ny-nywtc295863604sep29,0,1094473.story

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Sebastian Doyle

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Tue Sep-30-08 12:28 AM
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1. Geezus Bloomberg... you could pay that shit out of your pocket.

And Cheney could pay it out of his Halliburton "retirement" fund.

Shameful, but somehow not surprising.

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