Future of Cancer Coverage for Women Federal Firefighters Uncertain

Concerns Grow Over Policy Reversals and Lack of Clarity on Protections

The Labor Department recently expanded workers’ compensation coverage for breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers among wildland firefighters. However, uncertainty looms over whether these protections will remain intact under the Trump administration.

It took nearly three years of advocacy to secure presumptive coverage for these cancers, which ar…