Bill Would Protect Ground Zero Workers

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Health-Care.html

March 29, 2004
Bill Would Protect Ground Zero Workers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 8:09 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal officials introduced legislation Monday to provide long-term health care for emergency workers who toiled at ground zero after the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center.

The Remember 9/11 Health Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat, and Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican, would provide federal health insurance to workers who were injured or suffered ill health related to the Sept.11 attack and cleanup.

A study by Mount Sinai Medical Center found that about half of the 9,229 recovery workers tested so far had long-term respiratory illnesses or other injuries related to their work at the site. More than 300 firefighters have filed for early retirement because of illnesses related to the attack

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