First Responder

[Bob Wells]

 

[Bob]

The law provides medical treatment and financial compensation to the thousands of responders and survivors who are sick from exposure to toxins at Ground Zero, as well as those sick from exposures at the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania sites. It does this by providing $4.152 billion dollars in total Federal funds, for a total cost of $4.3 billion, when New York City’s share of expenses is included. The Federal funds are provided by new fees and taxes created in the legislation so that both programs are fully paid for.