Obama eyes more jobless help - Dubuque Telegram Herald.

That program permits workers to keep their company's health insurance policy for 18 months after they leave their job, if they pay the premiums. If ambitious entrepreneurs think they can stay insured while switching roles, he announced, they are going to start new businesses and hire employees. The rate of unemployment rose to 9.8 % in Sep , the highest since June 1983, as bosses cut much more roles than anticipated. The govt reported Fri. the economy lost a net total of 263,000 roles last month, from a downwardly revised 201,000 in Aug. Obama asserted he has met folks who have got an excellent idea and the experience and resolution to build it into a thriving business. But many can't take that jump because they will not stand to lose the healthcare insurance they have at their current job.