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 ...

SC gov releases spending cut plans - Myrtle Beach Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wants a two-day furlough for state workers, higher health insurance premiums for retirees and nearly $40 million in education spending cuts. Those are some of the details unveiled Friday by the ...

COBRA Insurance Largely Unaffordable - Eflux Media

Health insurance has a become a big issue as more and more people are laid off due to the financial crisis, their options being either seeking new individual health insurance or using the COBRA plan, which was created especially for laid-off workers ...

Unemployment and Health Insurance - CBS42.com

President-Elect Barack Obama is working to find a way to help more than 2.5 million Americans who lost their jobs in 2008. It's a critical effort because many of those unemployed, are living without health insurance

Health Insurance CEOs Get Big Raises - Boston Channel

BOSTON -- Team 5 Investigates Janet Wu has learned that CEOs of the state's three biggest health insurance non-profit companies have all received double-digit raises in recent years, while patients face eight to twelve percent annual premium ...