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.
BY MICHELLE SINGLETARY | THE MIAMI HERALD
msingletary@MiamiHerald.com
Santa couldn’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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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