Interesting stuff, and I hope Rep. Cummings can produce something that is supported on both sides of the isle. –Matt
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Congressman Announces Plan to Reform U.S. System to Care for Injured Civilian Contractors
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica – September 9, 2009
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Wednesday that he will introduce legislation later this year to improve the delivery of medical care to civilian contractors injured while working with the military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cummings declined to provide details about his proposal but said he hoped it would reduce the $300 million a year paid by defense contractors to insurance companies.
“The system is broken, and the insurance companies have reaped the benefits,” said Cummings, who pushed for hearings [1] earlier this year after investigations [2] by ProPublica, ABC News and the Los Angeles Times found that insurance carriers routinely denied claims by injured contractors.