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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Supporting healthcare for 9/11 first responders



Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, studies are showing that the heroic first responders are suffering from increasing health problems as a result of their rescue efforts. Yet elected leaders in Washington (overwhelmingly Republicans) have resisted efforts to provide adequate federally funded health care coverage to the 9/11 first responders. What is the basis of this opposition? How should Progressives respond?

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