Lawmakers worry about hundreds of CT residents in World Trade Center Health Program

Lawmakers worry about hundreds of CT residents in World Trade Center Health Program

According to CDC data, there are more than 1,500 people in Connecticut who are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program. It’s a federal program that was established in 2011, and it covers funding for people with 9/11-related illnesses. Nationwide, data from the CDC shows over $342 million of medical claims were approved by the program in the past year. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and other Democratic lawmakers in the tristate a…