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MNW Legal Alert:President Obama has signed H.R. 3326,
a defense appropriations bill with a provision that will let involuntarily terminated workers seek the temporary 65% federal
health benefits continuation subsidy (ARRA) up until Feb. 28, 2010.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act benefits continuation subsidy provision also will extend the period when terminated workers can get the subsidy to
15 months.Originally, the application cut-off date was going to be Dec.
31, 2009, and the subsidy was going to last just 9 months.In addition,
the spending bill included an amendment that will provide an additional 13 to 20 weeks of unemployment benefits to American
workers. Unemployment insurance benefits will increase by $25 a week as a result of the change.
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