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The U.S. Department of Labor announces outreach events in Pennsylvania to assist coal miners affected by black lung disease with claims for benefits, highlighting the ongoing support for the coal mining community.
Workers' compensation insurance : Workers' compensation insurance Provides medical and wage benefits to people who are injured or become ill on the job. Every state requires insurance, and wages and health benefits vary from state to state. Workers' compensation is considered social insurance because it is based on a social contract between management and workers, in which business owners can protect employees injured on the job from civil lawsuits by purchasing workers' compensation insurance. But the interests of all parties have their limits. Workers' compensation i...
A trust fund set up to pay coal miner’s disability benefits, while making coal operators pay, is more than $4 billion in debt,
Democratic lawmakers have renewed their push to ease access to health care and other benefits for coal miners who have black lung disease.
In West Virginia, a push for stronger regulations to fight the new epidemic of black lung afflicting Central Appalachian miners.