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	<title>Laid-Off? Got Cobra Rate Shock? &#187; AARA COBRA</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>U.S. Department of Labor (Cobra Update)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Labor &#8211; Monday, January 11, 2010
The DOL released a COBRA Update for The COBRA Premium Reduction Extension Provisions.  New information on the COBRA page includes an updated fact sheet, FAQS for employees, and posters and fliers updated for the provisions extending the ARRA premium reduction in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA extension&#8217;s a gift for the unemployed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY MICHELLE SINGLETARY &#124; THE MIAMI HERALD

msingletary@MiamiHerald.com
Santa couldn&#8217;t have done better.
Millions of Americans got a great gift when Congress passed and President Obama signed a bill that included a provision to extend a subsidy helping those out of work continue their health insurance coverage.
Last February, Congress established the subsidy under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Cobra Buster</dc:creator>
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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 Extension Bill Introduced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on November 3, 2009 by basusacobra, MyCOBRA.com
Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA), a member of the House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee, introduced  the Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act (H.R. 3930) on October 26, 2009. The measure would amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to extend the eligibility period and maximum [...]]]></description>
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