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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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What happened

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.

Key facts

  • 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.
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:00:16 UTC.

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