According to CDC data , there are more than 1,500 people in Connecticut who are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program.

It’s a federal program that was established in 2011, and it covers funding for people with 9/11-related illnesses. Nationwide, data from the CDC shows over $342 million of medical claims were approved by the program in the past year.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and other Democratic lawmakers in the tristate area are expressing their concern about the speed, staffing and funding of the program.

The lawmakers sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy this month, seeking an update on an apparent delay to certify more illnesses and questioning the eff

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