Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, is applying for free medical care through a federal program for emergency workers and others exposed to toxins following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to his lawyer.

More than 152,000 people have been enrolled in the initiative, the World Trade Center Health Program, which pays for medical research and provides free medical care to people affected by the terrorist attacks. Beneficiaries have access to doctors who specialize in Sept. 11-related illnesses, and the patients don’t face co-payments or deductibles.

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    4 days ago

    I might be mixing up my right wing assholes, but didn’t Giuliani oppose medical care for 9/11 emergency responders?

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      Even if he personally didn’t, he support a group of people that didn’t want to give medical care for 9/11. Jon Stewart had to go and yell at them every few years to do the right think.