(Washington, DC) — Thousands of retired union coal miners in downstate Illinois no longer have to worry about their healthcare costs. Congress yesterday agreed to include a billion dollars for miner healthcare in the nearly one-trillion dollar federal spending plan. The money will bailout over 22-thousand miners in Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.
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Benjamin Yount/acb IL)
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