Retired Miners Lament Trump’s Silence on Imperiled Health Plan -
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2017-04-20
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Retired Miners Lament Trump’s Silence on Imperiled Health Plan -
By NOAM SCHEIBERAPRIL 19, 2017
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Donald J. Trump made coal miners a central metaphor of his presidential campaign, promising to “put our miners back to work”
and look after their interests in a way that the Obama administration did not.
Unless Congress intervenes by late April, government-funded health benefits will abruptly lapse for more than
20,000 retired miners, concentrated in Trump states that include Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
Because no new miners would become eligible for the health benefits awarded to this group, the cost would eventually dwindle to zero.
By NOAM SCHEIBERAPRIL 19, 2017
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Donald J. Trump made coal miners a central metaphor of his presidential campaign, promising to “put our miners back to work”
and look after their interests in a way that the Obama administration did not.
Unless Congress intervenes by late April, government-funded health benefits will abruptly lapse for more than
20,000 retired miners, concentrated in Trump states that include Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
Because no new miners would become eligible for the health benefits awarded to this group, the cost would eventually dwindle to zero.
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