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The ACA may have saved Raymond Owens’s life. Raymond and his wife Adele have owned a flooring contracting business for 25 years and their three children are the focus of their life. Their quest for a better life for their family became more difficult when Adele was laid off from Home Depot two years ago. [...]
Filed under: ACA, Affordable, COBRA, Federal health reform, Premiums, Uninsured | Tagged: ACA, Federal health reform, insurance, small business | Comments Off
On Thursday, September 16 from 10:00AM–2:00PM, West Side Campaign Against Hunger will be available to answer benefit questions related to housing, health care (Medicare, Medicaid & EPIC), Social Security, food stamps and more! No appointments are necessary. West Side Campaign Against Hunger is located at St. Paul & St. Andrew Church– West 86 Street (corner [...]
Filed under: Affordable, Children, COBRA, Comprehensive Coverage, Immigrants, Medicaid, Medicare, Underinsured, Uninsured, Women, young adult | Comments Off
On May 28th, the House of Representatives removed a provision in H.R. 4213 that would have continued until November a provision that allows thousands of unemployed New Yorkers to purchase health insurance through COBRA by providing them with a 65% subsidy for their health insurance premiums. Just as stunning, while so many states – including [...]
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Anti-health reform activists continue to fight reform with misinformation. There’s an email circulating now with a false claim about health care reform and W-2s. It says that consumers will see their taxes go up because of a provision of PPACA, the new federal health reform law. The email says that consumers will be charged higher [...]
Filed under: COBRA, Employer Sponsored Health Insurance, Insurance reform, Premiums | Tagged: insurance | Comments Off
Unemployment rates remain high. The COBRA premium subsidy is one way for these workers to maintain affordable, quality insurance. Once again, Congress has passed a short-term extension of the COBRA premium subsidy. The previous extension expired on March 31, 2010. The subsidy pays 65 percent of the COBRA premium for workers who lose their coverage [...]
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