First Responders Advocate for Dementia Coverage in 9/11 Health Program
First responders to the September 11, 2001, attacks are campaigning for the World Trade Center Health Program to cover dementia. Researchers have identified a potential link between the condition and exposure to toxins at Ground Zero. Dementia is not currently among the covered conditions.
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First responders to the September 11, 2001, attacks are advocating for the inclusion of dementia in the World Trade Center Health Program. This effort comes as some responders, 25 years after the attacks, receive dementia diagnoses. Tom Llamas of NBC News reported on this developing health issue as part of a series titled “The Cost of Denial.”
Investigators are exploring a potential connection between the responders’ dementia diagnoses and their exposure to toxins present at Ground Zero. The World Trade Center Health Program does not currently list dementia among the conditions it covers for eligible individuals.
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