Articles, tagged with "cobra coverage", page 3

Price of health care : Sarah Bruyn Jones

Paying for health care is a concern for many who are unemployed, and they are trying hard to find programs for which they qualify and can afford. Aid available to the newly unemployed to help lower the cost of health insurance isn't reaching everyo... Read >
Author: www.EasyToInsureME.com

Measures Taken By Government for Health Insurance

With the globalization, there is also a hike in unemployment and thus results in unemployment and also of the loss in health insurance coverage for many people. In lieu of it the federal government has passed a new legislation to facilitate with COBRA cov... Read >
Author: Alien

If Laid Off, Most Americans Could Not Afford Health Insurance

Los Angeles, CA May 14, 2009 - Almost a third (32 percent) of employed Americans could not afford to purchase health insurance if laid off from work, and almost two-thirds (65 percent) could only afford it for six months, according to a new consumer surve... Read >
Author: cedricyanx

Mini-COBRA' could save health benefits for many : Michael Vitez

Pete Giunta, 53, of West Chester, lost his landscaping job in December, and now he's falling through the cracks in health-insurance coverage, just like millions of Americans. But a bill expected to pass any day in the Pennsylvania legislature could hel... Read >
Author: www.EasyToInsureME.com

When COBRA coverage ends abruptly : EasyToInsureME

Rich and Linda Rosen are panicked after receiving notice that their COBRA health coverage was unexpectedly terminated two weeks ago. No one has told them what to do next. The health insurer's letter nearly put Rich Rosen in the hospital. For a year ... Read >
Author: www.EasyToInsureME.com

Family Struggles to Solve Health-Insurance

Since Danna Walker lost her $37,000-a-year salary, the government's recently enacted 65% break on Cobra health-insurance costs would still mean paying $476 a month for continuing coverage. With little more than her unemployment check of $688 every coup... Read >
Author: www.EasyToInsureME.com

Form 941 : What's New For 2009

Just as in previous tax years, 2009 brings new changes to the different payroll tax forms and regulations. Below is a summary of "What's New" for Form 941 2009. Social Security Wage Base for 2009 Do not withhold social security tax after an emplo... Read >
Author: Lisa Heather

Government Measures to Help with Health Insurance

The rising unemployment rate is causing not just job loss but also the loss of valuable health insurance coverage for many people. In response, the federal government has enacted new legislation to help with COBRA coverage as well as state aid to familie... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Medical COBRA - The Bridge to Nowhere?

By law, employers that terminate their employees are required to offer continuing coverage of whatever health insurance plans you were on at the time of termination, be it vision, dental, or medical. COBRA, as this program is known, is designed to "bridge... Read >
Author: HK

COBRA Extension - Should I Extend My COBRA Benefits?

A COBRA extension can typically be granted if you have "qualifying life events" such as a birth, death, marriage, or divorce. However, at some point, your COBRA benefits will inevitably have to expire, as they approach the expiration dates as mandated by ... Read >
Author: HK

How To Reduce Your Health Plan Costs

Faced with job loss, an end to regular paychecks and an immediate future filled with job hunting, the newly unemployed must qucikly learn to live very frugally. Often we lose more than just our paycheck. We lose medical insurance, retirement funds and may... Read >
Author: Tom Carolan

Collision of Uninsured Workers in Texas

There are over a million individual or family businesses in Texas, more people are considering opening their own business every day. For a small business owner the same question is always - beyond Texas Health Insurance. Take a look at what you are agains... Read >
Author: George

What Happens To Your Insurance When You Leave Your Job

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), a law created in 1986, gives workers (and members of their family) who lose their health insurance benefits the right continue their group health insurance for a limited period of time under circ... Read >
Author: Julian Slowe

COBRA Alternatives Helps Families To Make Sound Financial Decisions

BestHealthcareRates.com reports with unemployment expected to rise to 9% by next year many families will, most likely, be forced to decide whether to take their employer's COBRA health insurance or look at alternatives provided in the marketplace. Losing ... Read >
Author: Tom Carolan

Finding Short Term Health Insurance

The day comes that you lose your employment and, as a result, you and perhaps your family also lose your health insurance. Happily, temporary health insurance is one thing which can keep you going until you [get|secure|find} a new position. A temporary he... Read >
Author: Donald Saunders

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