Firefighter Health Coverage
CBC NEWS / JANUARY 4, 2016
Lung cancer added to Ontario firefighter health coverage, becomes latest condition to be covered under what’s called presumptive legislation
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WSIB Ontario, January 4, 2016
Cancers in Firefighters and Fire Investigators
Click Here: http://tinyurl.com/FireFightr1bGov’t of Ontario Media Release, May 12, 2014
Ontario announces increase in firefighter cancer coverage
Click Here: http://tinyurl.com/FireFightrs2International Association of Fire Fighters
Presumptive Law Coverage by State And Province
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According to the International Association of Fire Fighters,
this is what was previously covered in Canada:
Alberta:
Leukemia, brain, bladder, lung, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins LymphomaBritish Columbia:
Leukemia, non-Hogkins lymphoma, bladder, brain, colorectal, kidney, lung, testicular, ureterManitoba:
Leukemia, brain, bladder, lung, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, testicular, esophagealNew Brunswick:
brain, bladder, colorectal, esophageal, kidney, testicular and ureter cancer, in addition to leukemia, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and lung cancerNorthwest Territories:
multiple myeloma, leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, brain cancer, colo-rectal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, testicular cancerNova Scotia:
a cancer or other disease that is prescribed by the Governor in Council by regulationOntario:
Leukemia, brain, bladder, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, esophagealSaskatchewan:
Leukemia, brain, bladder, lung, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, testicularYukon:
leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bladder cancer, brain cancer, colo-rectal cancer, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, testicular cancer, ureter cancer, or any prescribed form of cancer