As COBRA Subsidies Run Out, Thousands Of Laid Off Workers Feel The Pinch Of Health Costs

The Christian Science Monitor: A continuation of the subsidy for health insurance for newly laid-off workers was not included in the six-month extension of unemployment insurance that recently became law. “That means that as of June 1, thousands of workers are either paying out most of their unemployment checks for health coverage under ‘COBRA,’ or just not getting covered…

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Filed under: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance on August 3rd, 2010