Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Breathless and Betrayed: What is MSHA Doing to Protect Miners from The Resurgence of Black Lung Disease?
(House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections)
Chapter 2. Black Lung Benefits Program: Improved Oversight of Coal Mine Operator Insurance is Needed
(United States Government Accountability Office)
Chapter 3. Black Lung Benefits Program: Options for Improving Trust Fund Finances
(United States Government Accountability Office)
Chapter 4. Black Lung Benefits Program: Oversight is Needed to Address Trust Fund Solvency Strained by Bankruptcies
(Cindy Brown Barnes – United States Government Accountability Office)
Chapter 5. The Black Lung Program, the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and the Excise Tax on Coal: Background and Policy Options
(Scott D. Szymendera and Molly F. Sherlock – Congressional Research Service)
Index