Wah Chang was asked by U.S. Dpt. of Energy to melt down uranium that later caused its workers cancer

One story that took a little digging to find out about at Ron Wyden's last Town Hall was the story of the retired steel workers from Wah-Chang.

Gary Steffy led his fellow retirees in handing a certificate of appreciation to Wyden, but maybe appreciation is not the only feeling the workers should be having for the U.S. Government and its representatives.

The original cause of the cancer many of the workers are getting was a request by the U.S. Dept. of Energy for Wah Chang and other factories around the country to melt down uranium.  In exchange, the Dept. of Energy offered an expensive machine.

But health doesn't come with a price tag, and the retirees are now faced with having to prove that they worked for Wah Chang to make themselves eligible for the health care the U.S. government is paying for.