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GUEST COLUMN: Legislators support bill allowing radiologists, pulmonologists to review black lung compensation claims


Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
Rates of Black Lung disease have hit a 25-year high in Appalachian coal mining states. Here at home, 1 in 5 veteran miners have black lung. By law, miners with black lung are entitled to modest living and medical benefits. State benefits are awarded after a miner files a claim and submits medical evidence to determine the severity of one’s disease.
In Kentucky, the severity of one’s disease determines the amount of benefits a miner is eligible for - those with more severe disease receive higher benefits for a longer duration of time. Currently, if one’s disease worsens, a re-evaluation of one’s benefits requires a miner to show two things: 1) medical evidence to document the progression of the disease and 2) additional two years of work experience. However, black lung disease is progressive and becomes more severe over time even without further exposure to coal dust. That’s why we introduced and support Hous ....

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