The disclosure that the city and state retirement systems are rejecting more 9/11 disability claims than they are approving has the top doctor with the World Trade Center Health Program concerned about the stress placed on his patients who have to hire lawyers to battle the bureaucracy.
Officials from both systems first reported their rejection rates at an oversight hearing held on Nov. 15 by Sen. Martin Golden, chair of the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Pensions.
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