COBRA stands for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which is a health insurance program that allows employees to continue to receive healthcare benefits even after losing their job or ...

It’s bad enough to lose your job. But it’s a double whammy when you lose your health insurance, too. Two decades ago, Congress began requiring companies to allow their former employees to stay on the ...

If you've recently lost your job, or are soon to be unemployed, you're going to want to know what your health insurance options are. One option you may qualify for is Cobra, the federal law that ...

The latest coronavirus relief law, which President Biden signed Thursday, gives many workers who have been laid off over the past year the option to resume employer-based health insurance coverage ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM)-- Millions of laid off Americans now can keep their workplace health insurance for free. While much of the talk around the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress in ...

The American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Biden in March, is best known for its issuance of $1,400 stimulus checks, and also for coronavirus and vaccine relief, extended unemployment ...

During a weak economy, most of us have at least thought about what would happen if we lost our jobs. But chances are, we have not thought much about the cost of losing our health insurance. Most of us ...

People who have been laid off or furloughed from their jobs now have significantly more time to decide whether to hang on to their employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a recent federal ...

The American Rescue Act gives laid off workers a 100% premium subsidy to choose their employer ... More workplace health care plan for half of 2021. The 100% COBRA subsidy in the $1.9 trillion ...

The new stimulus law could save you thousands on COBRA, health insurance and FSA plans in 2021. Here's what to know. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the ...

Losing a job doesn't just mean saying goodbye to a paycheck. It often means losing health insurance. Though not all employers provide subsidized health insurance to their staff, many do, so getting ...