NY GOP candidate: 9/11 volunteers shouldn’t be covered by health bill

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story

The Republican vying for the congressional seat left vacant by former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) says that a 9/11 health care law shouldn't cover workers who volunteered at Ground Zero.

Bob Turner told The New York Daily News Editorial Board Tuesday that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 was "a little too broad."

"My call would be to protect police, fire, emergency workers, construction workers, etc.," he explained.

"If someone said, 'I volunteered' or walked through there, it's just not the type."

Turner added that while he would have voted for the bill had he been in Congress at the time, he doesn't believe it's pefect

More: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/24/ny-gop-candidate-911-volunteers-shouldnt-be-covered-by-health-bill/

[Ship of Fools]

1. Calling Jon Stewart...calling Jon Stewart...

does this joker WANT to self implode?

[Dawson Leery]

2. Weprin is going to win this one.

[aquart]

6. Yeah, be grateful for a worthless machine hack.

NO PROBLEM REPLACING WEINER. PLENTY OF LIBERALS IN NEW YORK.

The morality police rejoice in their triumph.

[OHdem10]

3. How crass can some people be???

[sakabatou]

4. Lemme get my clue-by four.

[mrmpa]

5. Let's see if I remember 2011 correctly. Volunteers were needed and...

were recruited. Anectodally, I remember reading a short article by a volunteer, who listened to those ahead of him on what their specialty was, he heard a man ahead of him say "I'm a funeral home director and embalmer." The man writing the article was a welder. So we needed funeral directors, laborers, welders, EMT's, firefighters, etc. They were actively recruited and now we shouldn't care about their health.

Oh yeag, that's right, I got it, teabaggers & repugs think that we should all be on our own. Okay next time there's a disaster, don't be calling for volunteers.