[Old School]

I said if they told you they lost their retirement after they had 5 years vested they lied or were stupid. I just was telling you that their retirement was guaranteed. No where is there any law guaranteeing medical coverage, union or non-union. Nobody has that guarantee. When you first stated that they didn't get their retirement you didn't even name medical coverage. You insinuated that they lost their retirement after getting laid off and going non-union.

Any law guaranteeing medical coverage, no....but there are a few companies that still provide lifetime health benefits, to employees if hired prior to a certain date, but it is not guaranteed by law. The UMWA provides lifetime health benefits for retired miners their spouses and dependents.

You may want to read post # 6 again, this is what I said.

"Some were eventually able to find union jobs in time for them to retire with full benefits, but most retired working at non union mines."

Since the thread is about health benefits, I just assumed everyone else was talking about health benefits. Go figure