VIDEO: There was a huge win this week when it comes to protection for the ones who protect us. Governor Ducey signed the firefighter cancer bill into law this week that would close loopholes insurance companies had found to deny coverage.
But the bill goes even further than that, adding more protection. Even though many occupational cancers were covered under Arizona state law before, families of firefighters say insurance companies were finding ways to deny claims left and right. Now, that shouldn't be able to happen anymore. "I was elated. I was emotional when Governor Ducey signed this bill," said Bryan Jeffries, president of the Professional Firefighters of Arizona. For Jeffries, it's personal. Not only is he a Mesa fire captain, but he is a recent occupational cancer survivor.
"We hope from this point going forward never again is a lawyer going to look at a firefighter and tell him you have to prove to me, him or her, where you got your cancer from.