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Black lung benefits grow as rules loosened for miners
Miner John Sexson describes hard living with black lung and explains how changes since 1973 shifted disability eligibility. The piece outlines hurdles in applying, the drop in approval rates under the Labor Department, and a system aimed at funding and regulating benefits while miners push for broader automatic coverage.
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Robert Edelman
Lindsay-Schaub
Kincaid John Sexson
Federal Labor Department
Washington
United Mine Workers
Labor Department
Sexson
Social Security Administration
Illinois
Congress
West Virginia
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Department
Social Security
Simon
Carter
John Banko
Banko
Taylorville
American Medical Association