My mother, who is 72 and works full time, has told me repeatedly that she wants proof of the Obama Administration helping people.
Yesterday I called her..... and explained how he has directly helped my family.
In January my husband was the victim of downsizing. He lost his job and was given two weeks pay. We frantically looked for another job and he was lucky to find one close by... we won't have to relocate.
We won't even have to miss a paycheck!
The only problem was our health insurance.... I am a diabetic and have some autoimmune problems with my thyroid. Insurance is a big deal for us. Our COBRA payments were quoted as $1250/ month . A sum we could afford but it would be tight.... remember my hubby got a new job immediately but his health insurance start date won't be until 6/01/09. So I will have to pay $1250 for 4 months; a grand total of $5,000!
I received this from the gentleman in charge of our COBRA at my husband's previous employer:
As per the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Obama on Tuesday, the Act includes COBRA subsidies for any employees (and their qualifying dependents) who lose their group health plan coverage because of an involuntary termination of employment between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009. You are allowed to pay only 35% of the COBRA premium, with the employer (your company) paying the remaining 65%, which you will then deduct from your federal payroll taxes or, if necessary, obtain in refunds from the government. The subsidy applies to periods of COBRA coverage that begin after February 17, 2009. The company will start providing the subsidy beginning March 1
This means I will have to pay the $1250 for one month but will only have to pay $438 for the other 3 months!
My husband's new employer is a nonprofit healthcare organization. His boss told him that his job will be secure since the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has provisions included which will provide funding for healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured people in our area
I called my Mom and told her what President Obama did for us. As a Hillary Democrat, who still says President Obama doesn't have enough experience, she agreed that he actually is getting things done for "regular people". I hope to have many more stories so I can convince her that he is truly a great President.
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Thank you President Obama!