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But with health care premiums skyrocketing the past two decades, many unemployed workers cannot afford COBRA. Across the 50 states, the average unsubsidized monthly COBRA premium of $1,111 gobbles up 83% of the average unemployment check of $1,333, according to a December report by Families USA. In nine...
In Seattle, Washington, Natasha and Andrew Freidus have two small children, ages two years and four months. Andrew lost his job in the renewable energy field and the couple went on COBRA coverage, which costs $540 with the subsidy compared the full cost of $1,506. Andrew found a job...
Tim Wolffrum, 58, of Milford, Ohio, worked for a Fortune 500 company before he was laid-off in October 2008. With his COBRA subsidy, he is paying $146 a month, which is about one-third of his unemployment benefits after taxes. He suffered a heart attack two years ago and...
The case neared its conclusion Wednesday when lawyers for the boy's Brazilian stepfamily said they were giving up the fight and handing him back to his American dad. "There comes a time when you have to say the war is over," Sergio Tostes, lawyer for Sean's step father...
A Federal appeals court in Rio de Janeiro last week ruled in favor of Goldman, and gave the stepfamily 48 hours to hand the boy over. But a Supreme Court judge overturned that ruling on appeal. Although the court was not obliged to take up the case again until after...