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On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
the coal industry's risky self-insurance practices have endangered those benefits, and the mismanagement of funds and the lack of oversight by the Department of Labor have made a bad situation worse.
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Matt Cartwright
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Cartwright discusses the risks miners face due to poor oversight and self-insurance practices.

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