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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Firefighters Get Health Insurance

President Barack Obama will make federal health insurance available to about 8,000 temporary wildland firefighters. A White House official said the announcement would come today. The firefighters work for the federal government. But personnel rules said because they were seasonal, the firefighters could't buy into federal health insurance plans. A bill from Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) would also provide federal health care benefits to temporary firefighters.

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