Free health insurance for Americans without job-based coverage through the COBRA health benefits program that was allocated in a government stimulus bill expires on Thursday. The $1.9 trillion ...

The most recent covid relief law offered federal funding to pay insurance premiums for workers who lost their jobs and opted to keep their workplace insurance through COBRA. But the window to take ...

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 ...

Fact checked by Sheeren Jegtvig Key Takeaways You can keep your health plan with COBRA if you lose your job, reduce work hours, or have certain life changes.COBRA only applies if your employer has at ...

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 ...

You've just been laid off. You're so mad that you rip the phone out of the wall, lose your balance and break your hand. Now you need a doctor. But do you still have health insurance? Chances are, if ...

Every day, dozens of confused, laid-off workers call the privately run COBRA Help Center in Long Island, N.Y., which administers COBRA group health insurance plans. They're struggling to understand ...

After being laid off from her job as a systems analyst for a specialty chemicals company in December, Gabriela de Pompignan opted to hang on to her former employer's insurance coverage under the ...