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I hate to burst your mindless little bubble Mad. Not all people sat around waiting for the extention. My husband worked for the same company for 31 years, was let go in Feb. At last count he had filled out 274 applications and was called back for only 15 interviews. For each job there were a minimum of 50 applicants, so I am guessing they were not sitting on their backsides waiting for the extention either. Our full pay COBRA was 92% of his unemployment check. Does your small mind really think we enjoyed this? He finally went back to work 2 weeks ago and hasn't stopped smiling. So while I will thank you for helping us out (the first and hopefully only time) when we needed it, keep your snide, rude and false comments to yourself.

Your an idiot. I wonder how YOU would feel if you were in the same situation. Don't feel so secure in your situation. NO job is secure. Your future isn't written in stone. You may have great benefits now, however, that could change at anytime. Be a little more compassionate towards people. Because YOU might need someone to feel compassion towards YOU. And again, your an idiot.

I have worked steadily since I have been 16 years old. I lost my job in 2008, finally was hired for three months in which the job turned out to be nothing as explained to me and then fired for not having the necessary skills for the bait and switch actual postion. I am healthy but do not qualify for private health care and have exhausted my COBRA in which I did not qualify for the COBRA assistance since my COBRA started two months before the qualifying date. Each position I apply for has over two hundred applicants. I am attending classes (which I can not afford) and now have an insurance plan through the state with an unattainable deductible that costs as much as the COBRA plan did that at least paid for some of my expenses. I worked for my last employer for 14 years and was laid off due to their incompetence to remain viable. IT IS NOT MY FAULT that I am in this position and RESENT the insensitive comments made by anyone! You are probably the same type of person who stated to me when I tried to follow-up on an application "If you do not receive a call within the next week you were placed in the no pile" I at least have compassion to refrain from wishing that you find yourself without your job and see how it is for the rest of us unfortunate to be laid off. What goes around comes around though buddy. Be careful about what you say to others.

There are no jobs that pay the bills if there was the employer makes the decision to hire not the applicant.

So until the employer hires the unemployed then you can keep paying UF loser!

I agree completely.......
Now hold on to your wallets while they turn us upside down and tax us to death.
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in response to your comment. I have been unemployeed for 6 months now, which was from a job that I held for almost 7 years. Your comments are very uneducated and resentful towards the wrong people. Not everyone who is unemployed and collecting and on COBRA is just sitting at home on their a!! ... carefull one day you might be in this position, god forbid. Merry Christmas.

This bill is the difference between losing or not losing my home. FYI, this has NOTHING to do with unemployment insurance. I do not get unemployment because I am on long-term disability after having major surgery. I would love nothing more than to be able to return to work, but can't due to severe physical restrictions. After being out for 6 months, my employer informed me I had been terminated as per their policy. COBRA has enabled me to continue paying for and receiving Health Insurance through my former employer. The ARRA, which was passed this spring, enables me to continue to purchase insurance roughly at the same rate per month as when I was employed. Without it, my premiums went from $223 per month up to $846!! The only income I get is my monthly disability check, which is only 60% of my pre-disability income. After paying my insurance, medical co-pays, prescriptions, and utilities, the higher rate has made it impossible to cover my mortgage and other loans. So yes, for me, the continuation of the COBRA discount is the difference between just getting by and forclosure. Don't be so quick to criticize something you obviously know little about. The reforms to COBRA and the ARRA are among the very few things that this administration has truly gotten right.

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You do not understand how COBRA works. You pay way less as an employed worker than those paying for COBRA. On COBRA you pay for that amount your company (employer) paid, what you yourself paid (if anything) plus the administration fee. That is so very much more. How could you read the article and not figure this out. Most, and I mean MOST people cannot afford COBRA, it is just too expensive.

You're a complete dick! Try living in the Midwest where in some counties, the unemployment rate is above 15%. Most of us want to find decent paying jobs, even the minimum wage jobs are dried up. Many of us have been working temp jobs 3-4 days a week just trying make ends meet vs. sitting around on our fannies. I've worked since the age of 16 years old and have never been unemployed until now. So thanks for paying for my unemployment because I know I've paid for someone else's over the years. Hope you get a lump of coal for Christmas! And, I pray that YOU don't lose your job.

this is for Linda, if you have been off your meds there is help out there. here are 2 places to check with. 1. Togehter R Access
Customer service 1-800-444-4106 and 2. Daiichi- Sankyo @ 866-268-7327...Between these 2 one should be able to help you..tell them you can not afford your meds and they will instruct you on what you need to do. I sure hope you get this and that it helps you. Happy New Year.