Labor Department says 400,000 will lose unemployment benefits in coming weeks if Congress doesn't act Anderson Independent Mail
By May, nearly 3 million people could be left without these benefits. If the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act subsidy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is not extended, thousands of families will lose access to affordable health care, according to the statement.
If the extension is not approved, an estimated 500,000 workers who lose their jobs will be ineligible for subsidies to cover the cost of health care over this month. Over the rest of 2010, an estimated 5 million workers will be ineligible for the Recovery Act COBRA subsidy that covers 65 percent of the cost of coverage. Without this assistance, many of these families will be forced to join the ranks of the uninsured.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to temporarily extend benefits — including unemployment insurance. In the Senate, however, Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky is blocking the extension. Senate leadership has called for the Senate to unanimously move this package on multiple occasions, Sen. Bunning has blocked the process each time.
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To those on the right, good news travels fast.
Look. If you want this to end and have the benefits extended, call your senators and tell them to grow up, follow PAYGO and give up the money they have squeezed in their fists and pay for the fucking bill. They'll have to raise their own re-election cash.
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