Black lung benefit reform left out of health act debate

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promises that one of his first acts in office will be to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In his campaign for West Virginia governor, Republican Bill Maloney also bashes the law. So does GOP Senate candidate John Raese. Seldom mentioned in the debate over health care, though, is that repealing the act would remove a major new provision of black lung law that has made it easier for disabled miners or their widows to get federal benefits for the deadly disease.