It seems like this legislation is focusing on the "first responders". I originally thought this was also more about the clean-up workers and stuff that inhaled all the toxic fumes (asbestos, etc) in the weeks following 911? The first responders were getting paid to do the stuff they do...the clean-up workers were volunteer types that were told by the EPA that the air was safe to breath.
Don't the first responders already have medical insurance, disability, and retirements and crap? They get paid to do dangerous work. This legislation, in it's wording and focus, somehow shifted from the volunteers if I'm not mistaken...those people are the ones that need help.
