Advocates are sounding the alarm for Congress to act expeditiously in response to funding cuts that can have long-term negative implications on more than 140,000 survivors and first responders who benefit from World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) funding approved after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Why It Matters

The WTCHP is defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) as a limited federal health care program that provides high-quality, compassionate medical monitoring and treatment for those directly affected by the conditions associated with the 9/11 attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon , and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Since 2011, it has also funded research of the 9/11-exposed population that allows for better understanding of health ef

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