To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
COBRA Premium Reduction
Reinstate the COBRA continuation coverage assistance under ARRA. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided a COBRA premium reduction of 65% of the premium for eligible individuals who are involuntarily terminated from employment, making health care affordable for the unemployed in this country.
Why is this important?
General Information: If you or a family member has lost employment, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) may make it possible for you to keep your employment-related health coverage....This expired when President Obama signed the new Health Care Legislation. My question is why is this not necessary anymore when unemployment continues to be high. This leaves the unemployed without a safety net since the government was paying 65% of the COBRA premium. COBRA premiums can be $500+ for a single person and in the thousands for a family that is unemployed. How did this happen? We keep talking about helping the unemployed and how Americans all need health care but the people who are unemployed through no fault of theirs find that health insurance is out of reach. We continue to assist countries overseas sending them billions but the American taxpayer is left behind. Sad...