cobra subsidy

If it seems like tax laws are changing every time you time around, it's not your imagination. Over the past eight years, changes to the Tax Code have been made at a rate of more than one a day. According to the office of the National Taxpayer Advocate, there were 500 changes in 2008 alone, many of...

Congress gave recently laid-off workers a holiday gift by extending for six months a subsidy to help them pay health-insurance premiums. It now lasts a total of 15 months, and eligibility for it lasts 60 more days, through February 2010.

The cornerstone American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law in February, contained a key provision to help the newly unemployed keep their employer-sponsored health-care plans. Most employees who lose their jobs can keep coverage for up to 18 months, under the Consolidated Omnibus...