TY - JOUR T1 - World Trade Center Health Program: 20 years after 9/11 JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 697 LP - 698 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2021-107770 VL - 78 IS - 10 AU - Geoffrey M Calvert AU - Dori Reissman AU - John Howard Y1 - 2021/10/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/78/10/697.abstract N2 - The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and at the crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania caused over 3000 deaths in the immediate aftermath, and adversely affected the health of hundreds of thousands of responders—those involved in the rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts following the 9/11 attacks—and survivors—building occupants, residents, workers and students attending schools in the New York City disaster area. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Obama created the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program to provide healthcare to responders and survivors affected by toxic agent exposures arising from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their aftereffects. Originally authorised for only 5 years, the WTC Health Program was reauthorised by Congress in 2015 until the year 2090—thereby assuring a lifetime of care for those affected by 9/11 (42 US Code §§ 300 mm—300 mm-61).Currently, the WTC Health Program has enrolled over 110 000 members, and is growing (6% in the past year). Unlike a traditional health plan which covers a broad scope of medical conditions, the WTC Health Program is a limited benefits health plan. Medical treatment benefits are provided only for those conditions determined to be related scientifically to toxic agent exposures encountered by 9/11 responders and survivors (covered conditions list available at https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/conditions.html). A total of 64 015 (58%) members have been awarded … ER -