COBRA stands for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which is a health insurance program that allows employees to continue to receive healthcare benefits even after losing their job or ...

Have you recently lost your job, or fear you might, and wonder what’s going to happen to your health insurance? Afraid you’ll be left uninsured? COBRA gives you the power to keep your insurance even ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As millions of Americans lose their jobs-- and with them, their employer-based health insurance -- they'll ...

Learn how the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) offers health insurance coverage for employees and families after job loss or other qualifying event.

You can also keep the coverage you get through work with COBRA, but this is typically expensive. You may qualify for free government health insurance through Medicaid if you aren't getting more than ...

Carolyn McClanahan, CFP, MD, is the founder and president of Life Planning Partners, Inc. She is a contributor to CNBC, Investopedia, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, and a ...

The latest coronavirus relief law, which President Biden signed Thursday, gives many workers who have been laid off over the past year the option to resume employer-based health insurance coverage ...

A man who competes with COBRA group health continuation coverage says the federal COVID-19 stimulus package probably will not do all that much to improve COBRA. Jeff Smedsrud, the CEO of Pivot Health, ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM)-- Millions of laid off Americans now can keep their workplace health insurance for free. While much of the talk around the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress in ...

Good morning. I’m Madalyn Amato, filling in for Rachel Schnalzer to bring you the L.A. Times Business section’s weekly newsletter. Some benefits from the federal stimulus package passed last month are ...

Losing a job doesn't just mean saying goodbye to a paycheck. It often means losing health insurance. Though not all employers provide subsidized health insurance to their staff, many do, so getting ...

Dear Cheapskate: After 10 years at the same job, my husband was recently laid off. I’m a freelance writer. I work mainly from home so I can be with our 3-year-old son. We’ve always relied on my ...