Health and Public Safety

Feinberg has received BP cleanup illness claims, denied them all

By Bridge the Gulf
June 14, 2011 - By Ada McMahon, Bridge the Gulf "Feinberg says no claims filed on cleanup illnesses" ran an erroneous Associated Press headline last week, stirring up more mistrust of the BP claims process among Gulf Coast residents. It is simply not true that sick cleanup workers have not filed medical claims with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), administered by Kenneth Feinberg. Rather, Feinberg and the GCCF appear to be categorically