Tom Brune

2 months ago | newsday.com | Tom Brune

WASHINGTON — Sixteen World Trade Center Health Program employees received notices that they could lose their jobs in the Health and Human Services Department’s downsizing, despite promises the program’s staff would not be reduced, a 9/11 health advocate said Friday.

2 months ago | newsday.com | Tom Brune

WASHINGTON — Sixteen World Trade Center Health Program employees received notices that they could lose their jobs in the Health and Human Services Department’s downsizing, despite promises the program’s staff would not be reduced, a 9/11 healthadvocate said Friday.

2 months ago | newsday.com | Tom Brune

WASHINGTON — The White House has begun working to reverse the firing of the director of the World Trade Center Health Program and specialists outside of the program who worked with it, Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino said Wednesday. Those key figures for the WTC Health Program, which provides services for 137,000 ailing 9/11 first responders and survivors across the country, were among 10,000 Department of Health and Human Services employees who are being let go this week, lawmakers said.

2 months ago | newsday.com | Tom Brune

WASHINGTON — Long Island health care providers say they are bracing for the financial impact of anticipated cuts to Medicaid as the Republican majority in Congress works on sweeping legislation to make 2017 tax cuts permanent.

2 months ago | newsday.com | Tom Brune

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has taken a beating for the past week for giving President Donald Trump a victory by allowing Republicans to pass their funding bill, but on Friday Schumer said he's ramping up the fight against the president's push for power and dismantling of the government. In a phone interview with Newsday, Schumer acknowledged but downplayed criticism that has included calls for him to resign in favor of more combative leadership.