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States Act to Help People Laid Off from Small Firms: More Needs to Be Done
Publication Date: April 2009
Publisher(s): Families USA
Author(s): Claire McAndrew; Cheryl Fish-Parcham
Funder(s): Families USA
Funder(s): Families USA
Topic: Health (Health services for the uninsured)
Keywords: small businesses; COBRA; unemployed; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This report discusses how, in response to pressure from advocates, some states are taking steps toward passing "mini-COBRA" laws to help laid off workers from small firms get the federal subsidy guaranteed through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).