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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. The Guardian Business is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 20 Sept 2026, 11:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays For 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia. After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy, Virginia, was diagnosed with black lung disease…
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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
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- The Guardian