Retired coal miner John Robinson uses a nebulizer during his daily breathing treatments for black lung disease on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 in Coeburn, Va. Robinson was 47 when he was diagnosed with black lung disease, part of a new generation of black lung sufferers who are contracting the deadly disease at younger ages.
COEBURN, Va. — Inaction by Congress and the Trump administration is threatening a fund that supports coal miners suffering from black lung disease. The Associated Press has learned that lawmakers let an automatic tax rate cut on coal take effect in January. Federal budget officials say that has cut the flow of money so sharply into the fund that it might not have enough to cover the cost of doctors visits and medicines for about 25,000 retired coal miners starting next year.President Donald Trump vowed to save the coal industry during the 2016 campaign and has repeatedly praised miners.AP NEWS
Trump promised jobs not healthcare.
Fake news, trump said coal is clean, he never lies.
How about we invest in a solar panel and wind turbine factories in WV or KY? Every one wins!! cleanenergy
We’ve known about the dangers of black lung since the 50’s and people still work these jobs and expect lifelong medical payments. Coal must cause dumbness also. I bet solar and wind don’t. idiots sad ImpeachTrump maga
They Love Trump.
Was not Trump going to take care of coal miners? More BS.
So what have the DemocRats done since taking over the house?
You can either have a wall or your health. You voted for a wall.
How many of these poor people voted for Trump?
Keep voting Trump ,,,,, King Coal
Let's trade. I like breathing down my own neck. You got my 100% support. No bioremediation. Just cool tunes and splendid highways. Not a lie. Ask Trump or Putin.
status quo for swamp draining. SURPRISE.
This is winning, to me.
Oh overwork people... they get sick and then say it’s not your responsibility to pay for there life care.... interesting!
As far as the coal miners, remember who is cutting funds and all his talk about increasing the production coal. You who is suffering from Black Lung do you really wish it on other generations? Force for trade education.
Hey miners: you made your bed, now lie in it.
realDonaldTrump will take care of it with clean, beautiful coal.
They'll get the funding, we like to see them sweat for it, first...
Same will happen with whatever reform/rehab program for Opioids addicts all the talk in world wiil not replace the funds Trump wants to cut from Medicaid which funds the rehab. So whatever meeting etc Trump and Meliana hold, talk is cheap, action cost $$ Medicaid.
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ elections have consequences. They voted for this muthafucka and hate socialism. Now they can live their dream.
OMG YALL!!!!!!! All this winning, so many jobs, so much winning, my head is spinning.
JonLemire But Trump said coal is clean. “Beautiful clean coal”. Black Lung Disease must be fake news created by the democrats and Russia.
Keep voting Republican. That will fix it.
MAGA
Those miners should be helped but this massive subsidy for coal is just another reason why we need to phase out coal usage ASAP.
Are you talking about that beautiful clean coal?
winning
One last comment before I give Twitter a break for a while. Trump, these are YOUR people. The coal miners who wanted their old jobs back voted for YOU to help them out. I know you probably don't care, but they'll sure as hell notice if you don't help them.
What is Trump doing about it?
Let them go ask senatemajldr
Makes sense. Push to keep the mines open but don’t support the miners when they get sick.
Ah, see the problem is that they should have been mining for 'Clean Coal'.
It’s not the governments jobs to protect them 🤷🏻♂️ Stop putting the weight of the world on the back of the government and promising everybody everything.
trump's lying promise to coal miners !
Kind of difficult to feel anything here. I live in rural Kentucky and know so very many of them voted for the current administration. I hate to hear that any sick person goes without help. Which is why I did not vote for the current administration.
Oh well.
Hey coal miners guess what, Republicans don't actually give a shit about you. They just tell you what you want to hear for your votes.
No problem, realDonaldTrump will declare a national emergency
Gee, that federal plan sounds an AWFUL lot like socialism. No doubt those red state inhabitants would be against such an abomination. Nothing to see here.
Republican Politicians: Why should I have to pay for their disease? They chose that! I chose to be a CEO, because that's the job my daddy got me after he paid for me to get into Yale. If they didn't want black lung, they should have had their daddies give them better jobs!
I thought that was what they wanted?
Trump said it’s clean coal. Therefore black lung is fake news?
Has anyone mentioned this to W.V.?
'clean coal'
They should elect someone who cares about coal miners.
Oh, and Trump campaigned on giving out more & more black lung. Imagine that not working out. FFS