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