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9/11 health program turning away critically ill first respondersThe World Trade Center Health Program can no longer certify illnesses, enroll new members or approve life-saving treatments like chemotherapy or lung transplants.
A 9/11 responder with life-threatening pancreatic cancer was told this week that he couldn't start chemotherapy. Two others with new cancer diagnoses were also denied treatment, according to Dr. David Prezant, chief medical officer of the New York City Fire Department and director of its World Trade Center Health Program.
"We postponed chemotherapy for a firefighter this weeK
READ THIS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG AND IS NOT GOING TO GET CORRECTED UNTIL PEOPLE STAND UP,RAISE THEIR FIST(TRUMP) AND FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE NO ENERGY/ABILITY TO FIGHT.
FredHayek wrote: We are 37 trillion in debt. The most indebted nation in the world. We need to cut back everywhere. 9/11 was over 24 years ago. Time to move on.
AHEM......PER ARTICLE
No one is asking for anything more than what was promised under the law," Prezant said, referring to the Zagroda Act's commitment to provide lifelong medical care and monitoring for 9/11 responders and survivors whose illnesses are linked to their exposure. "We just want the federal government to honor that promise before more lives are lost."
We have one hundred trillion promised to retirees in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits. Do you honestly think that will all be paid out?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
AH NO, THAT IS WHY I TOOK SOC.SEC AT 62......GET IT WHILE U STILL CAN. THE SIMPLE SOLUTION IS SO OBVIOUS....''WHEN U HAVE MUCH,MUCH IS EXPECTED OF U....TAX THE RICH ACCORDINGLY...WHAT IS WRONG WITH SPREADING THE "PAIN" OF PAYING TAXES. THE BILLIONAIRE BUDDIES R ENRICHED AND WAITING FOR MORE FROM THE CZAR....IT WILL OCCUR. AND THE VETERANS,911 RESPONDERS,CHILD WELFARE,FOOD SAFETY AND U WILL BE
THE LESSER FOR IT. ....I CALL BULLSHIT,BUT APPARENTLY APATHY IS SO WIDE SPREAD,THAT
THESE DAMAGING DISASTERS R NOTHING MORE THAN A SPECK OF DUST IN AN EYE.
The Rich are the most mobile of anyone on the planet and frankly don't depend on Social Security so if you raise their taxes, they will move to tax havens and take their businesses with them.
So under HA's plan, net receipts to Social Security would actually decline. Not only would the millionaires and billionaires leave, they would fire their American employees.
Bad plan.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
NEWS FLASH....THEY R ALREADY MAKING THOSE MOVES...AND THE MONIES R GOING OVERSEA,BECAUSE THE DOLLAR IS DEVALUING....BETTER RETURNS OVERSEAS....GUESS U NEED TO BE MORE AWARE.
Trust me, I have my finger on the pulse of the World. When the US goes into recession, the rest of the world gets a depression.
Go buy your Yuan and Rupees. I will stick with my 5% USD CD's.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.