,Expiration of COBRA Subsidy: Millions of Unemployed Workers and Their Dependents Are at Risk; Many Will Lose Their Subsidy as of December 1, 2009

Expiration of COBRA Subsidy: Millions of Unemployed Workers and Their Dependents Are at Risk; Many Will Lose Their Subsidy as of December 1, 2009


 

Publication Date: December 2009

Publisher: Families USA

Author(s): Claire McAndrew; Cheryl Fish-Parcham

Research Area: Health

Keywords: COBRA, COBRA subsidy

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This report provides state-specific data on what will happen to family COBRA premiums when the subsidy ends, and it argues for extending the COBRA assistance.