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An Iowa bill says all forms of cancer will be covered by Iowa firefighters' and other first responders' disability benefits ...
After not taking up the issue all last session, the Iowa Senate voted to move through legislation expanding cancer coverage for first responders. The bill passed through ...
Members of the Local Four Des Moines Firefighters union were in attendance at the Iowa State Capitol for the Wednesday vote.
Firefighters and family members of firefighters who died from cancer have spent multiple years advocating for the coverage ...
Under the proposed legislation, all forms of cancer would be included in disability and death benefits to Iowa firefighters, city, county and state police officers and other first responders.
The Iowa Senate has advanced a bill that would provide firefighters and police officers coverage for all types of cancer."Firefighters play a vital, specialized ...