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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a law passed by the U.S. Congress on a reconciliation basis and signed by President Ronald Reagan that, among other things, mandates an insurance program which gives some employees the ability to continue health insurance coverage after leaving employment.
Those of us who have lost a job that included health insurance have had the opportunity to take advantage of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), which guarantees the ex ...
COBRA stands for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and became law in 1986.It is also known as continuation coverage. COBRA can help a person keep the health insurance that they ...
COBRA insurance coverage is a common phrase, but most people aren't fully aware of what COBRA is, what it costs, and whether or not it's really beneficial to an unemployed worker. Lucky for you ...
The Equal Access to COBRA Act was a bill which would amend the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act to extend COBRA health insurance coverage to qualified beneficiaries, defined to include domestic partners.
The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of community hospitals, established nondiscrimination requirements for institutions that received such federal assistance—including the requirement that a "reasonable volume" of free emergency care be provided for community members who could not pay—for a period for 20 years after the hospital's construction.
In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, [1] [2] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 , which amended the PPACA and became law on March 30, 2010.
The development impacts 16,000 patients who may have to scramble to find alternative insurance plans.