Earlier this year, Congress passed an extension of unemployment insurance benefits. This extension cut down the maximum number of weeks that a person can receive unemployment benefits. Thousands of people are about to see their unemployment insurance benefits disappear this week, just in time for Mother’s Day. In February of this year, Congress passed an extension on the payroll tax, the Medicare reimbursement cut, and the length of unemployment insurance benefits. It reduced the number of weeks that a person can receive unemployment benefits from 99 weeks to a maximum of 73 weeks. It also allowed states to require people … Continue reading →

Congress has managed to work together and to pass legislation that extends the payroll tax cut. This is about more than the payroll tax, however. It also affects the Medicare reimbursement rate for doctors, and unemployment insurance benefits for people who haven’t been able to find employment. This is not the first extension that Congress has passed regarding the Medicare reimbursement cut, the payroll tax, and the length of unemployment insurance benefits. There was a last minute extension that happened right before Christmas of 2011. At that time, the Senate had passed an extension for those things, and the House … Continue reading →