Healthcare help for laid off employees

During a conference call to release a report titled “States Act to Help People Laid Off From Small Firms But More Needs to Be Done,” Kathleen Stoll, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Health Policy, stressed the importance of the new provision which provides 65% coverage of premiums for health care; available for employees laid off between September 2008 and February 2009, and helps cover premiums for up to nine months. (1:08)
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COBRA coverage catch

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Executive Director for Families USA, Ron Pollock, tells Talk Radio News Service, in a telephone conference, that the reason that so many unemployed people are uninsured is due to a catch in the COBRA coverage scheme available to them.
February 6, 2009.
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Economic recovery package expected to provide subsidies for COBRA premiums

Executive Director of Families USA Robert Pollack says that his organization expects the upcoming economic recovery package to include subsidies for COBRA premiums as well as a temporary health care safety net (0:34)
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