rssCasey Introduces Amendment to Jobs Bill to Reinstate COBRA Subsidies
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 at 2:30 pm
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This morning, Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.) introduced an amendment to reinstate subsidies that help newly unemployed workers purchase health insurance to the Senate jobs bill. The extended COBRA subsidy had been stripped from the House version of the bill by Blue Dog Democrats, and benefits started to expire on June 2.
But the subsidy not only helps individuals and families on unemployment benefits; it is also widely popular. Families USA has found that absent the subsidy, health insurance would become impossible to afford for hundreds of thousands. And a poll by Hart Research shows that 70 percent of Americans support extending the subsidies. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has signaled that the final Senate bill will include Casey’s COBRA provision.
“Millions of Americans have been hard hit by the recession and lost their jobs through no fault of their own,” Casey said in a statement. “If Congress turns its back on them, they will have an even more difficult time making ends meet. With no premium assistance, COBRA health care benefits would consume 75 percent of the monthly unemployment payment for a Pennsylvania family.”
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Comment posted June 9, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
I don't want the Cobra subsidy added back in. The House removed this for a reason. If the Senate adds it back in then that just means the bill will have to go back to the house and if they add this (and the medicaid assistance portion which was also removed by the House) the bill will never pass. They just need to leave well enough alone and pass the bill on its own!!! I'm sorry to those that will lose Cobra because of it, but I am also one of the unemployed and I've been paying for insurance on my own (Cobra didn't become an option until later). You can get a temporary policy through either BCBS or Assurant (or I'm sure other health insurance companies) for 6 months (and you can extend it for an additional 6 months as well) for very little. It's not a perfect policy, but it'll get you through.
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