Lawmakers seek to un-do limits on doctors who can diagnose black lung in coal miners
by BILL ESTEP, bestep@herald-leader.com – Two Kentucky House members have pre-filed a bill that would increase the number of doctors eligible to diagnose black lung as cases of the crippling disease stand at a modern high in Eastern Kentucky. The proposal from Reps. Angie Hatton, a Democrat from Whitesburg, and Republican Robert Goforth, of East Bernstadt,…