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Black Lung Benefit Rates Lag Behind Rising Inflation
Miner benefit levels are tied to the federal pay scale rather than the cost of living. Therefore, though inflation levels have risen, miners’ black lung benefits have not.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBlack Lung Clinics Statewide Awarded More Than $2 Million
The money comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and will go towards the state’s Black Lung and Coal Miner Clinics Program to provide financial help to the program’s health and treatment services.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Bill Could Help Black Lung Widows/Survivors
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announced legislation meant to help survivors of miners who died after suffering from black lung.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNo New Black Lung Benefits, West Virginia Miners Seek Changes
The 2020 West Virginia legislative session has ended with no new legislation addressing black lung benefits, leaving former and current coal miners to…
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“Lax Oversight” Threatens Health Fund for Miners With Black Lung, Watchdog Finds
Just three bankruptcies of American coal companies have added more than $800 million in costs to a federal government program that funds health care for…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWatchdog Group Calls Decreased Tax On Coal A ‘Blatant Subsidy’ For The Coal Industry
A new report from the nonpartisan budget watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense says that an expired coal tax is effectively a taxpayer subsidy for the…
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