Expiration Date Nears for Federal Subsidy for COBRA
The federal economic stimulus package included a provision that covered 65% of the cost of COBRA coverage for up to nine months for recently laid-off workers through the end of 2009. Congress is considering proposals to expand the subsidy or extend the time people could retain COBRA coverage.
- "COBRA Subsidies Set To Expire" (Varney, "The California Report," KQED, 10/6).