Retired Mine Workers

Senator Manchin is one of several federal lawmakers urging Congress to save benefits for retired mine workers. More than 16-thousand retired miners will lose healthcare at the end of the year if lawmakers don’t take action and Manchin signed a letter that threatens to block other legislation if the problem is not resolved. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Virginia’s Mark Warner plan to block all Senate legislation until the United Mine Workers of America healthcare and pension shortfall is addressed.