Miners benefits

A law ensuring lifetime pensions and health benefits to retired miners is working its way through the U.S. Senate. The Miners Protection Act would make certain retirees who lose health care benefits following the bankruptcy or insolvency of an employer eligible for a benefits package. The law is being supported by Senator Manchin and he said if it’s not approved, 16-thousand miners will lose their healthcare at the end of this year. The measure was approved this week by the Senate Finance Committee.