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Cuts in workers' health plans put lives of US coal miners in jeopardy

Updated: 2025-11-27 09:35
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Crosses and grave markers are seen at the Hawks Nest Workers Memorial and Grave Site in Mount Lookout, West Virginia, on Sept 24. CAROLYN KASTER/AP

He said he wore his protective respirator throughout his nearly 30-year career, but was still diagnosed with a progressive form of complicated black lung and silicosis when he was 45. He was allowed to move to a job on the surface with no pay cut. Now, just four years later, he said he doesn't have the wind to mow his lawn.

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