Rivlin: 2009 Stimulus Package Saved Millions From Unemployment

Former White House budget chief Alice Rivlin says that the 2009 stimulus package prevented the economy from falling into a deeper recession and millions more people would be out of work today e. (00:59) 

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Belief That Jobs Are Unavailable Has Caused Unemployment To Rise, Claims Labor Official

Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says the 1.3 million unemployed Americans who have not sought work have felt that there are no jobs available to them. (0:15)

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Council on Economic Advisers:Help the people being hurt

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

The Recovery Act is working to help the people being hurt and to minimize the harm to the unemployed.(0:45)
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Unemployed and uninsured

Executive Director for Families USA, Ron Pollock, tells Talk Radio News Service, in a telephone conference, that the economic recovery package needs to extend health care coverage to the unemployed.
February 6, 2009
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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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