Coal Miners’ Black Lung Fund Set For Deep Cuts As Epidemic Grows

NPR

A new government report says the federal black lung trust fund to help sick coal miners is running out of money and could incur a $15 billion deficit in the next 30 years because of a Congressionally mandated cut in the amount coal companies pay into it. Read more from ICN about one miner’s 14-year fight to secure black lung benefits.

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