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If we had universal health care provisions, this wouldn't be necessary. If you lost your employer coverage, then you would be picked up as an option with basic health care coverage under a universal plan. Obama should continue to consentrate on a system of coverage for all "legal" Americans. Most states...

This is a tough issue. On one hand, employees who have lost a job and don't have another one lined up are the least able to afford the huge cost of insurance premiums, particularly family COBRA coverage.On the other hand, this seems like a band aid that will do little to help keep the cost of our healthcare...

No. Life is sometimes expensive. They can get an individual plan or a temporary plan. If you're going to subsidize anyone, subsidize only those that are denied an individual plan due to medical reasons.

On the surface this seems like something that might (finally)provide relief where it is most needed. Instead of saving companies to, in theory, save jobs, this would provide real assistance to those in the most dire of circumstances. The only caution would be how to avoid an entitlement mentality and...

It is not the govt's. responsibility to insure we have the same type of coverage after employment is ended. There are other less expensive options available than the richer plans our employers provide for us.

I guess this is better than the auto industry, but Americans NEED the sticker shock of how out of control our healthcare costs are.

A 50-60% subsidy would be great. I'd pay less than I do as an active employee. I don't think that's really what they want.

Although President-elect Obama has made expanding access to health care and health coverage a cornerstone of his agenda, the Autism Partnership - an advocacy group based in Seal Beach, Calif. - cautions the adminstration and the general public against neglecting a particularly vulnerable group: children...

As Congress starts to set the details of an economic stimulus package, the National Business Group on Health on Monday outlined its health care priorities.

401k debit cards are a bad idea, plain and simple. Let's hope that people will use this downturn in the economy to rethink their priorities and start saving (rather than spending) again.