Union of Concerned Scientists: Radiation Victims Call House Speaker's Choice to Let Help Expire 'A Betrayal'
June 08, 2024
June 08, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on June 7, 2024:
House Speaker Mike Johnson today allowed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to expire, leaving military veterans, former uranium workers and victims of nuclear weapons detonations at the Nevada test site without access to health screenings or financial reimbursement for medical debt from radiation-related illnesses.
Despite pleas from advo . . .
House Speaker Mike Johnson today allowed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to expire, leaving military veterans, former uranium workers and victims of nuclear weapons detonations at the Nevada test site without access to health screenings or financial reimbursement for medical debt from radiation-related illnesses.
Despite pleas from advo . . .