The benefit payments miners sick with black lung disease receive are not keeping pace with the cost of living, a new analysis showed. Current monthly benefits for a miner and one dependent in 2024 ...

Black lung disability payments to miners have been shrinking. In 2024, the monthly payment for an individual was around $772 a month, or up to around $1,500 a month for households with three or ...

Thus, the calculation with race as a variable adjusts lung function by 10–15% for Black individuals and 4–6% for Asian individuals. However, this assumption and the resulting adjustments ...