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COBRA Help For Laid-Off Workers May Come By Christmas

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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McClatchy:

WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers may soon get a reprieve from one of their worries: health insurance.

A proposal to extend the health insurance subsidies for Americans who have lost jobs in the recession is one step closer to gaining congressional approval.

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WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers may soon get a reprieve from one of their worries: health insurance. A proposal to extend the health insurance subsidies for Americans who have lost jobs in the recess...
WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers may soon get a reprieve from one of their worries: health insurance. A proposal to extend the health insurance subsidies for Americans who have lost jobs in the recess...
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karen1p
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03:19 AM on 12/19/2009
That's just great. I let my COBRA coverage lapse. Couldn't do it. So, now I am totally fucked_.
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seedoubleyou
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12:12 AM on 12/19/2009
I hope rhey hurry it up. I have a chronic condition that keeps me from getting ANY private insurance. If I give up my COBRA, no matter what the cost, I'm doomed..
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gal416
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12:00 AM on 12/19/2009
Who could afford cobra if if they're laid off?
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gnuman
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02:44 AM on 12/19/2009
Exactly!Th­e answer is no one that I know and I know lot's of laid off workers.Co­bra is a big pile of steaming doodo.
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tompoe
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06:23 PM on 12/19/2009
The jerks that came up with COBRA are the same ones that came up with mandating 30 million new subscriber­s that criminaliz­es anyone who doesn't pay COBRA premiums, now called health care reform.
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proggirl
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11:56 PM on 12/18/2009
This is akin to a heroin dealer cutting his price to keep his customer addicted.
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lisakaz2
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10:41 PM on 12/18/2009
I'm on this program. It's essentiall­y a federal payout to health insurers to keep ppl like me on their rolls. I was planning to tell BCBS sayonara as soon as the rate went up or I got a job (good luck?!). This is a band aid and then some feeding the same system.
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TheQuestion
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09:13 PM on 12/18/2009
That's all well & good but if your company went bust then you've got nothing anyway.
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