Articles Tagged With 'Iraq'
Alhurra Targeted for Review by State Dept. Inspector General
A television station designed to provide people in the Middle East with an American perspective on foreign affairs has drawn concerns about content and financial management.
Pentagon Study Proposes Overhaul of Defense Base Act to Cover Care for Injured Contractors
Congress could save as much as $250 million a year through a sweeping overhaul of the controversial U.S. system to care for civilian contractors injured in war zones, according to a new Pentagon study.
Congressman Announces Plan to Reform U.S. System to Care for Injured Civilian Contractors
Rep. Elijah Cummings said he hoped his proposal would reduce the $300 million a year paid by defense contractors to insurance companies.
Sometimes It’s Not Your War, But You Sacrifice Anyway
Although low-paid foreign contract workers face many of the same risks soldiers do in Iraq and Afghanistan, they rarely are informed of their rights or even receive the care that has already been purchased by U.S. taxpayers.
Company That Probes War Contractor Injuries for AIG Is Itself Under Scrutiny
The Labor Department is looking into whether a Maltese company misrepresented its employees as agents of the U.S. government.
Dobleng Dusa ang Nakuha sa Pagtatrabaho para sa Amerika
Read a translation in Filipino of the June 19, 2009, story, "Foreign Workers for U.S. Are Casualties Twice Over."
Report Finds Advantages in Gov’t Takeover of Care for Injured Contractors
Citing high insurance premiums paid by the Pentagon, the Congressional Research Service suggests cutting out the middleman.
Contractor Care May Figure in Obama’s Meeting With Filipino President
A senator in Manila presses for proper compensation of those injured or killed while working for the U.S. in war zones.
Foreign Workers for U.S. Are Casualties Twice Over
Contract employees injured in the conflict zones of Iraq and Afghanistan and families of those killed there are covered by American taxpayer-funded insurance, but it often fails to deliver.
In One Filipino Town, Workers Injured in Iraq Depend on the Kindness of AIG
Three men from the Filipino town of Lutopan served as part of the invisible army that daily cares for and feeds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. But when one died and the other two were injured, their treatment was far from uniform.
Congressional Hearing: Officials Admit Major Flaws in Program to Aid Wounded War-Zone Workers
Lawmakers criticized a federal program that relies on private insurance companies to provide medical care and benefits to civilians injured while working in Iraq and Afghanistan as injured war contractors confronted the executives of the companies they have been fighting for care.
AIG, KBR and CNA Face New Questions About Insurance for Injured Civilian Contractors
Despite his company spending more than $300,000 this year on lobbying, a Chicago-based carrier CNA executive will testify alongside AIG executives at a hearing on insurance for civilian contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
AIG Faces Hearing on Denial of Medical Claims by Contractors Injured in Iraq and Afghanistan
A House subcommittee is examining the system that insures civilians who work in war zones.
Pentagon’s IG to Examine AIG Insurance Provided to Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
The Defense Department is considering an audit into unpaid medical benefits, after an investigation by LA Times, ABC News and ProPublica led to calls for action from Congress.
Senate Hearing on AIG Care for Contractors Injured in Iraq Postponed Until June
A Senate hearing into the Pentagon's failure to collect billions of dollars from AIG and other insurers has been pushed back, Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., announces.
Military Fails to Collect From AIG for Care to Injured Contractors
The Pentagon is unable to meet its own regulations on obtaining reimbursements from insurers, a federal report finds, costing the military millions for the treatment of wounded contractors.
