Benefits
The $847 Prescription Bill That Changed Everything for a Des Moines Family Already Fighting to Stay Afloat
Roughly 38 million Americans are currently living below the federal poverty line, according to the…
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Benefits
Her COBRA Premium Was $1,847 a Month — Then She Found a Tax Credit That Cut It Nearly in Half
Roughly 2.6 million Americans are enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage at any given time, according…
Benefits
His COBRA Premium Was $1,847 a Month — More Than His Rent. Here’s What He Found When He Finally Looked for Help
The community center coordinator who referred Ivan Jeffries to me warned me he might not…
Benefits
COBRA Cost Him More Than Rent After His Wife’s Layoff — One Atlanta Man’s Fight to Stay Afloat
The man behind me at the QT on Moreland Avenue in Atlanta wasn’t trying to…
Benefits
The $2,147 COBRA Trap: A Fresno Pharmacy Technician’s Desperate Race to Keep His Family Covered
The open-enrollment window for Healthcare.gov marketplace plans closes each year, and for families who miss…
Benefits
He Earned Too Much for Medicaid and Too Little for Full Coverage — Until One Enrollment Window Changed Everything
The open enrollment window for Virginia’s HealthCare.gov marketplace plans closes every year on January 15,…
Benefits
A Tucson Teacher’s COBRA Bill Was Higher Than His Rent — Here’s How He Finally Got Out
Roughly 2.2 million Americans are enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage at any given time, according…
Economic Relief
My Husband Was Laid Off and We Had No Health Insurance — Then I Found a Tax Credit Worth Over $4,000 a Year
Have you ever stood at a gas pump and realized the person next to you…
Benefits
Keith Castillo Was Paying More for COBRA Than Rent Until He Found a Federal Health Relief Credit
Most people assume that once you’re earning a solid income, health insurance anxiety belongs to…
Benefits
He Went Without Health Insurance for Two Years — Then His Wife’s Layoff Unlocked $742 a Month in Tax Credits
It was a Tuesday in late February when I first heard about Donovan Ochoa. A…