Fund That Covers 9/11 Survivors Like ‘Dust Lady’ Is Due to Expire


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Dr. David Prezant, the New York City Fire Department’s chief medical officer, helps head the fund. But the supply of money for the program runs out in just over a year.

“At that time, which is one year from now, there will be approximately 70,000 enrolled patients or persons or members … who are in that program who have had documented exposures that were certified by the federal government who will no longer have coverage under that program unless it is re-certified,” Prezant told NBC News.

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