American coal miners with black lung disease struggle for benefits

Josh Armes, a 74-year-old retired miner, suffers from black lung disease after 38 years in the mines.

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Cases of this lung disease are at their highest level in 50 years in the United States.

Delays in benefits are plunging sick miners into financial hardship.

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