Report: Continuing insurance can exceed amout of unemployment benefit ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

WASHINGTON - Newly unemployed Americans will have to spend about 30 percent of their jobless benefits on average to pay for health insurance through their former employer, according to a new report. And if they want coverage for their families, the ...

Park Rapids woman who shot ex-boyfriend claims it was self defense - DL-Online

PARK RAPIDS – When Stephanie Wehmas fired several rounds from a semi-automatic rifle into a Clover Township cabin last summer, striking her ex-boyfriend and another man, she was shooting in self-defense. Wehmas, 21, Park Rapids, faces two counts ...

Study: COBRA health insurance is little help to unemployed - Tulsa World

If you were just laid off from your job in Oklahoma, you would spend nearly 83 percent of your monthly unemployment pay to continue your employer-based health insurance coverage under COBRA, a national report says. Families USA, a national consumer ...

Finding health insurance when unemployed Save Email Print - WVLT

"I am a man and for me when I wake up at 6am and am not able to get work right away or know I'm going later this afternoon, that bothers me." says Jonathan Lewis. For years Lewis worked at a manufacturing plant cutting steel. A hard worker, now ...

Pet health insurance can help save cash, but plans have restrictions ... - Newsday

NEW YORK (AP) — It's a common remark for those devoted to their pooches: "I spend more on my dog's health care than I do on my own!" Dog owners can expect to pay a few hundred dollars a year for routine veterinary care, but a serious illness could ...