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 ...

Unemployment payments barely cover COBRA health insurance costs - Oregonian

Many Americans who have lost jobs in this recession also lose health insurance for their families, because unemployment payments are often too low to pay for continued health insurance coverage, according to a new report by Families USA. The report ...

Survey: Those With Health Insurance Skimp On Care, Too - Wall Street Journal

Americans with health insurance are among those skimping on care and having trouble paying medical bills, according to a research-firm survey commissioned by Aetna Inc. (AET). People are skipping medications and delaying doctor visits, according to ...

Unemployed Squeezed On Health Insurance - Insurance News Net

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 ...

Out of work, with no health insurance - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Having been treated for cancer, and wife with type 2 diabetes, our ONLY option was COBRA or her "inferior" employer health plan. Even with … read more our "pre-conditions" we have paid more in health care premiums than our insurers have paid for ...