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Coal miner healthcare benefits in focus at Congress

A PROVISION in a spending bill that US Congress may pass this week could also extend healthcare benefits for retired coal miners if the senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has his way.

Lou Caruana
Coal miner healthcare benefits in focus at Congress

In a statement on the Senate floor, McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said that in conversations with House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan he had insisted the Continuing Resolution include “a...

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