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	<title>Laid-Off? Got Cobra Rate Shock? &#187; 65% Cobra Subsidy</title>
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	<description>With stimulus subsidies ending in 2010, laid-off workers should consider qualifying and buying a personal health plan for themselves and their family.  The cost-savings can be in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars.</description>
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		<title>COBRA subsidy extension complicates benefits admin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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January 4, 2010 &#124;
Jerry Geisel
WASHINGTON—Eleventh-hour congressional action extending a COBRA premium subsidy law assures continuation of the subsidy for millions of laid-off workers and their families, but also more work for employers.
Ending weeks of uncertainty, Congress gave final approval and President Obama signed into law late last month a Department of Defense spending bill that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H. R. 3326-64: Extension Adds 6 Months COBRA Assistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Posted on December 24, 2009 by basusacobra, MyCOBRA.com



Sec. 1010. (a) Extension of Eligibility Period.—Subsection (a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) is amended by striking “December 31, 2009″ and inserting “February 28, 2010″.
(b) Extension of Maximum Duration of Assistance.—Subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA Subsidy Extended 6 More Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cobra Buster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on December 21, 2009 by basusacobram MyCOBRA.com
With less than two weeks left in the year, the U.S. Senate on Saturday passed legislation that extends until the end of February eligibility deadlines for some key unemployment benefits.
That’s especially important in Michigan, which continues to have the nation’s highest unemployment rate – 14.7% in November.
Attached to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Passes COBRA Subsidy Extension</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Passes COBRA Subsidy Extension: Next, senate Needs to Act

Posted on December 17, 2009 by basusacobra, MyCOBRA.com
WASHINGTON-The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that would extend the federal subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums for employees who are involuntarily terminated.
Embedded in H.R. 3326, a measure appropriating funds for the Department of Defense, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA Catch 22 for December layoffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 3rd, 2009, 11:30 am · 12 Comments · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn

Workers laid off in December who are supposed to be eligible for the 65% COBRA health insurance subsidy may get caught by a technicality that will prevent them from getting it.
Under the stimulus bill, workers covered by an employer&#8217;s health insurance plan [...]]]></description>
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