Lawmakers criticize federal insurance program for wartime contractors
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 02:07
in Health & Medicine
A House subcommittee contends that private companies, such as AIG and CNA Financial, have reaped profits while providing inadequate medical care to civilian workers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lawmakers on Thursday sharply criticized a federal program that relies on private insurance companies to provide medical care and benefits to civilians injured while working in support of the U.S. military effort in Iraq...