With the Federal Reserve predicting unemployment to reach 8.8 percent in 2009, jobless workers may need the extra benefits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But unemployed workers should factor in the tax implications of these benefits to avoid owing at tax time.
“If you’re one of the millions of Americans who are unemployed, an [...]
Medica has developed a program to help laid-off Minnesotans understand the health insurance options available to them. The Minnesota unemployed rate stands at 6.9 percent as of December 2008, with additional rounds of layoffs being announced almost daily. Most workers being laid off have had health coverage through their employers and many of them are [...]
Responding to growing unemployment and the prospect of increased dislocation, AmWINS Group Benefits announces an expansion of its niche medical health plan offerings today with the launch of AmWINS BridgeCare. The product provides immediate short-term medical coverage for the newly unemployed and others experiencing a lapse in coverage.
With the distress in the investment banking industry [...]
It’s official: According to the Labor Department, the economy has lost 5.1 million jobs over the past 15 months. As if those numbers weren’t scary enough, the figures show a disturbing trend: The number of long-term unemployed has continued to rise. According to Executive Financial Coach “Chuck” Steege, president, SFG Wealth Planning Services, Inc., senior [...]
-Benaissance, announces the launch of the first Blog site dedicated to supporting COBRA, HIPAA and Direct Billing administrators. Contributing authors to the Blog site are subject matter experts in customer service, custodial cash management, COBRA regulations and sales and marketing. Interested individuals may subscribe to the Benaissance Blog by visiting blog.benaissance.com.
The Health Insurance Assistance for [...]
An immediate package of measures – centred on a comprehensive programme to boost bank lending, a one-off tax credit targeted at the poor, higher benefit payments to stimulate demand, a public works programme, and an incentive scheme for employers to put workers on shorter hours rather than make them redundant – is needed to stave [...]
