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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, or COBRA, allows unemployed workers to keep their health insurance from their previous employer for up to 18 months.
Up until the 15-month subsidy was approved last year as part of the federal economic stimulus bill, laid-off workers were required to pick up the full premium. With the subsidy, the unemployed paid 35 percent of the cost.
That subsidy is now at risk while the U.S. Senate considers whether to extend it. It was eliminated from one jobs bill but is included in a second jobs bill. The Senate, however, has not decided which bill it plans to hear, said Cheryl Fish-Parcham, director of health-care policy for Families USA.
If the subsidy is allowed to expire, no one laid off after Feb. 28 will be eligible for the reduced premiums.
That could mean many won’t be able to afford the premiums and would join the growing rolls of the uninsured, according to Families USA, a national organization for health care consumers.
Throwing a lifeline
The federal subsidy “gives people a small margin of hope,” said Terra Eyl, a career transition specialist with the Larimer County Workforce Center in Fort Collins.
Without the subsidy, COBRA premiums can cost upwards of ,000 a month making it unaffordable for most families trying to live on unemployment benefits.
Even with the subsidy, COBRA payments can be unaffordable for people, particularly those with lower incomes, Eyl said. “But a small margin of hope is better than no margin, in my opinion.”
Families USA estimates an additional 57,500 Coloradans became uninsured last year when they lost their jobs. And, although economic recovery appears to be under way, economists agree job growth is still a long way off, meaning the unemployment rate is likely to rise this year.
One quarter of Larimer County residents between 18 and 65 were uninsured at some point from 2005 through the end of 2007, according to Health District of Northern Larimer County, the latest statistics available.
Interviewers, sportscasters, and vice presidents alike break into song to report important news. The players include my homey Sarah Fullen Gregory (she married my brother). You can find her music here: www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Newt Gingrich (on nuclear disarmament) Robert Gates (on cutting the Pentagon budget) Jim Nantz (on March Madness) Joe Biden (on the economic situation) Wayne Ellington (on how it feels to win) Lyrics: MG: Mr. Gingrich, what do you think about Obama wanting to cut down on nuclear weapons? In the key of C. And…go! NG: Uh, I just think that it’s very dangerous to have a fantasy foreign policy And it can get you in enormous trouble MG: What’s wrong with fantasy? I like fantasy and I live in the sea RG: We must rebalance this department’s programs In order to institutionalize and finance our capabilities SG: Yeah, forget about the jets; Use our super soakers, get al quaeda wet JN: Tar Heels: rolling on to Monday night Another convincing Carolina victory SG: Ooh, that’s cool, but it ain’t time to pop the hennessy JN: Michigan State: heading to the national championship game Your team responded late here, coach, how did you do it? MG: Three words: Vi ag ra. JB: There will continue to be job losses The remainder of this year The question is will they continually go down Before they begin to rebound Before they begin to rebound Will they go do-do-do-down Before they begin to rebound And now it’s my pleasure to present the 2009 National Championship …
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sarah could dunk on my ass all day long……
steve porter is better at remixing
Sarah should be naked
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Yea, they played Michigan State. Not Michigan.
great singer
Hold the phone, is Roy wearing a KU hat? YES HE IS LOL YES YES YES
Pause the video. Press 3. Press Play. Mash the 3 button. Amazing!
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in the key of c ! lmfao !
THREE WORDS…. freakin awsome!!….. oh wait forgot the third word
Why the heck are they SO AWESOME!!!!!
Ya north Carolina bitch
the girl can sing and ‘tragedy sounds better auto=tuned’? LOL.
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@cheesedeui auto tune!!
@falloutfanify A lot of the time she isn’t even modifying her voice. Look up some of her songs.
When the girl eventually gets fat, she will look like the girl form MST3K.
@cheesedeui sing amazingly? only by modifying her voice
@MrTinkotin not to mention its more informative!
SO many innuendos…lol
me
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