americans in the lurch at midnight wednesday. congress allowed medical care for 9/11 first responders to expire. the program is a lifeline for the firefighters, police and paramedics that have become seriously ill since digging through the wreckage of the twin towers 14 years ago. former volunteer fireman who has been lobbying congress to extend health care coverage spoke with rachel maddow earlier this week. take a listen. i ve got chronic migraines, chronic clusters, no family history of, the acoustic neuroma the brain tumor they found because they did mris on my head for the migraines we re met with how much money does it cost, where is the funding coming from? that s more of what we re met with instead of how can we help? joining me congressman carolyn maloney, and sponsor of new legislation that would extend health care coverage for 9/11 responders permanently. congresswoman, thank you very
copd, asthma, a few things going on. the next thing i got was well, ptsd, though i didn t really recognize it early on. then i got the first of what i later found out are cluster headaches, which are unimaginably painful and they are the large reason of why i wound up in the hospital last year. emergency room and being admitted about 42 times. so i got chronic migraines, chronic clusters, which i never had before, no family history of, the acoustic neuroma, the brain tumor they found. they lasered out my nasal passages and i m still not right. i m still in pretty good shape. there are so many folks we worked with who have so much more going on and i personally know three people who are no
year. emergency room and being admitted about 42 times. so i got chronic migraines, chronic clusters, which i never had before, no family history of, the acoustic neuroma, the brain tumor they found. they lasered out my nasal passages and i m still not right. i m still in pretty good shape. there are so many folks we worked with who have so much more going on and i personally know three people who are no longer with us who were there. how old are you? i m 50. you said that you think that when this bill expires tonight, the money will start to run out. do you actually have confidence? do you feel optimistic that congress will get it done before there is too much material impact on people? it is unbelievably outrageous to