Demers R Y, Michaels C W, Frank R, Fagan K, McDiarmid M, Rohr T
J Public Health Policy. 1990 Winter;11(4):474-80.
Mine workers represented by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) have had comprehensive medical care coverage since 1950. On February 1, 1988, UMWA employees of the Pittston Coal Group had their health care benefits abruptly terminated. Renewal of these benefits became a major reason for the subsequent UMWA strike against Pittston. In December, 1989, physician interviewers were organized to document the human experience of this termination of health care benefits. This report summarizes these interviews, and concludes that the UMWA experience in the Pittston coal fields is one example of the barriers to health care experienced by an increasing proportion of the United States population.
自1950年以来，由美国矿工联合会（UMWA）代表的煤矿工人一直享有全面的医疗保健覆盖。1988年2月1日，皮茨顿煤炭集团的UMWA员工的医疗保健福利突然终止。这些福利的恢复成为随后UMWA对皮茨顿罢工的主要原因。1989年12月，组织了医生访谈人员来记录这次医疗保健福利终止对人们的影响。本报告总结了这些访谈，并得出结论：UMWA在皮茨顿煤田的经历是美国越来越多人口所面临的医疗保健障碍的一个例子。
