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	<title>Illinois Insurance News &#187; COBRA</title>
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		<title>Federal COBRA Premium Subsidy Expired August 31, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 31, 2011, the COBRA continuation premium subsidy ended. Former employees who want to maintain their COBRA coverage during any remaining COBRA continuation coverage period will now be responsible for the full 100 percent of their premium payments. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed into law on February 17, 2009 provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expired COBRA Subsidy Gets Mixed Reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[COBRA Subsidy Expiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The temporary health benefits continuation subsidy helped some involuntarily terminated workers but came nowhere close to providing “universal coverage.” Researchers at the Urban Institute, Washington, give that assessment in a review of the 65% federal COBRA group health continuation premium subsidy that Congress included in the in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New jobs bill adds COBRA subsidy extension, expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/new-jobs-bill-adds-cobra-subsidy-extension-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/new-jobs-bill-adds-cobra-subsidy-extension-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COBRA health insurance premium subsidies would be extended and expanded under a new jobs bill being put together by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. In its current version, the draft bill would extend the COBRA premium subsidy to involuntarily terminated employees another 10 months, so employees laid off through year-end would be eligible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA subsidy program extended</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/cobra-subsidy-program-extended/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/cobra-subsidy-program-extended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COBRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Healthcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has signed a bill that extends federal COBRA health insurance premium subsidies for the unemployed. The Senate, in a rare Saturday session, passed H.R. 3326 on an 88-10 vote. The measure—a military spending bill that the House passed earlier last week—includes a provision that extends the nine-month, 65% premium federal subsidy by six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll Tax Reporting for COBRA Subsidy Offset</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/payroll-tax-reporting-for-cobra-subsidy-offset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/payroll-tax-reporting-for-cobra-subsidy-offset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allows a credit against employment taxes for providing COBRA premium assistance to assistance-eligible individuals. As deadlines approach for employers to file their quarterly payroll taxes, groups may be asking about the process for reporting the COBRA and state continuation premium subsidies. The 65 percent of the premium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employer FAQs &#8211; COBRA Premium Reduction Under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/insurance-laws/faqs-for-employers-about-cobra-premium-reduction-under-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-aact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/insurance-laws/faqs-for-employers-about-cobra-premium-reduction-under-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-aact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[COBRA stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer COBRA Stimulus FAQ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q1: What is the new COBRA subsidy provision contained in the stimulus package signed by the President? The stimulus package, which was enacted as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) temporarily reduces the premium for COBRA coverage for eligible individuals. COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) allows certain people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Division of Insurance Publishes Revised Information for small groups subject to Illinois State Continuation regarding the Recovery and Reinvestment Act</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/illinois-division-of-insurance-publishes-revised-information-for-small-groups-subject-to-illinois-state-continuation-regarding-the-recovery-and-reinvestment-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/illinois-division-of-insurance-publishes-revised-information-for-small-groups-subject-to-illinois-state-continuation-regarding-the-recovery-and-reinvestment-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 9th, the Illinois Division of Insurance published revised information regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and how it affects groups that are subject to Illinois state continuation, but not subject to federal COBRA continuation. Specifically, Congress revised ARRA and gave states the opportunity to allow for the special extended election period, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COBRA Subsidy Guidance, Labor Department says more coming</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/cobra-subsidy-guidance-labor-department-says-more-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/cobra-subsidy-guidance-labor-department-says-more-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[COBRA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[COBRA Recovery and Reinvestment Act laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor says it is working on guidance regarding the newly created subsidy for COBRA premiums. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for a 65 percent subsidy for COBRA continuation premiums for up to 9 months for workers who have been involuntarily terminated, and for their families. The subsidy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the COBRA Subsidy Means for Employers</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/what-the-cobra-subsidy-means-for-employers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/obama/what-the-cobra-subsidy-means-for-employers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed into law February 17 expands COBRA in ways that will certainly impact employers. Most significantly, the act offers assistance-eligible individuals a 65 percent subsidy of their required COBRA premiums and an additional enrollment period within which to elect COBRA coverage. Under the provision, the federal government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers prepare for surge in COBRA enrollees</title>
		<link>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/employers-prepare-for-surge-in-cobra-enrollees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilhealthagents.com/blog/cobra/employers-prepare-for-surge-in-cobra-enrollees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employers will have to scramble to comply with federal legislation providing a federal subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums to laid-off employees. Employees who were laid off from Sept. 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2009, will be eligible for a 65% federal subsidy of their COBRA premiums under provisions in the massive economic stimulus bill. [...]]]></description>
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