Report: COBRA cost outweighs Florida jobless benefit - Tampa Bay Business Journal

Florida is one of nine states in which the average premium for COBRA, providing health care coverage for laid-off workers and their families, equals or exceeds the average unemployment benefits, according to a study by Families USA . The report ...

Big Three Auto Makers Tackling Overstock - Barron's Online

AT THE END OF DECEMBER, we find Big 3 dealer stocks to be about 31% above normal, which is about where they ended November. The truck mix headed higher again in December, and combined with weak industry sales to leave cars about 75% overstocked ...

Q4 results could test market's resilience - MSN MoneyCentral

NEW YORK (AP) - Investors aren't supposed to care about bad news anymore. At least that's what a lot of experts were saying as Wall Street rode an 18 percent rally in the Standard & Poor's 500 index since late November. Now, that faith is about to ...

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 ...

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 ...