Recession-weary workers, states still hope for COBRA and Medicaid subsidies

Kaiser Health News staff writer Andrew Villegas provides an update on congressional efforts to extend these funds: "Although Congress this week approved an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, two health-related proposals initially linked to the measure - including extensions of COBRA subsidies for unemployed workers and enhanced federal Medicaid contributions for states — have stalled" (Villegas, 7/23). Read the entire article.

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