QUESTION: Who would believe that the USDOL would be processing 557.9 claims per month from March 9 & 10, 2005 to October 12, 2005? 557.9 a month x 7 months = 3,905.3 — EXHIBIT 5 affirms certain USDOL Program Statistics and pledges:
(1) 22 specified cancers when USDOL program director Peter Turcic said, “All cancers are covered under the act." The USDOL has compensated claimants’ qualified cancers that are not identified on the USHHS list.
(2) The USDOL claims to be “churning out” 250 decisions per week concerning chemical exposures.
(3) It costs $99 million for both programs to function; and there are 464 government employees. Equation: $99 million x 5 years = $495 M + $95 M = $590 M
EXCERPTS: “Only 6 percent of former test site workers have had
illness claims approved. . . One Labor Department official said workers at three uranium enrichment plants -- Paducah, Portsmouth and Oak Ridge -- had only to show that they worked there for 250 days and that they had contracted one of 22 specified cancers, chronic beryllium disease or silicosis. Then they could each receive a $150,000 compensation payment. . . As of Thursday, Turcic said, 15,026* individuals have been paid a total of $1.16 billion under the part that covers illnesses related to radiation. . .the Labor Department has been churning out about 250 decisions per week concerning chemical exposure. . . Turcic said it costs about a combined total of $99 million to administer both components of the program, with duties Compensation: Analysis finds disparity;” Las Vegas Review-Journal; August 7, 2005.URL internet location: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-07-Sun-2005/news/27000012.html
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For comparison: USDOL Program Statistics to October 12, 2005:
03-29-04* USDOL Program Statistics:10-12-05* USDOL Program Statistics:
10-12-05* USDOL Program Statistics:52,625* claims filed…………..…………..49,709* claims filed 