Obama Signs Bill on Health Care for 9/11 Rescue Workers

Why is it not mentioned in the Media that 1000 first responders have already died and thousands are sick and dying. this would then put this into perspective. This is my 2nd attempt to post this info???. Check it out for yourself if you do not believe me.

The attacks on the trade towers, the pentagon and the airlines were attacks on ALL Americans.

See folks,this is how blind this administration is, I totally agree with the bill but they flew a special plane down to Hawaii to take this bill to him when it could have been sent by mail or waited till he was back in Washington !! More spending of money we don't have right now ,just like when he had a jumbo jet fly his dog down to Florida when they were on their 32nd vacation !!!

An important and worthwhile piece of legislation that should have been passed years ago for this 'special circumstance' first responders who labored in those dangerous 'ground zero' areas. Once again, some Republicans put money ahead of concern about people. In cases like these, you pay the money and stop worrying about the imagined economic burden on children who are not yet born. Personally, I think Obama will balance the budget before he leaves office after 8 years.

Funny how the article fails to mention that the republicans who held up the bill, Coburn and DeMint, were able to cut the cost in half by removing the waste and pork that democrats like Schumer cynically tacked on. Since that was the only point of contention, the article should say that Obama did not have a signing cerimony because this was a great victory for the GOP, not the lame-ass democrats.

I think first responders should be provided the care that they need. But don't police officers, firemen, etc. have medical coverage provided by their employers? I think so. Why isn't this covered? They say hundreds of people in the article. If it was 1000, they would be receiving 4.3 million each in taxpayer dollars. Isn't this more than a little excessive?

Am I the only one with the cahoonahs to say that I think this should be handled in New York??? Not taking anything away from these guys at all, but they are NYPD and NYFD......seems only right then that the federal government should take care of ALL firemen and police officers injured in the line of duty???? And, unless my math is wrong, that $4.3 Billion comes to over $200,000 for every man and woman on the NYPD AND NYFD payroll.....typical of the Obama Presidency- throw that money at those folks and WASTE WASTE WASTE......you can bet MOST of the money will never see those who need it anyway, it will go to federal employees hired to manage the program (in an attempt to atificially further lower the unemployement numbers)!

When is NYC going to finally accept responsibility for taking care of their personnel? Their people were paid to accept the risks and the outcome of 9/11, and their unions made sure to collect their insurance payments to cover them in the event of death or serious injury. Why does the whole nation have to foot the bill for what should be covered by one city???

"...hundreds of rescue workers..." let's just say there will be 1,000 rescue workers who need monetary assistance. $4,200,000,000 / 1,000 people = $4,200,000 for each person. Everybody OK with that?