Feds may make health insurance easier after layoff
(AP
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_go_co/stimulus_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090201/capt.5514971e47ee44e5860a65ef27acf452.stimulus_health_care_wx111.jpg?x=130y=73q=85sig=GowENQIEzBY0o.MgBPhA6A--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 27, 2009, file photo job seekers queue up for a job fair in Chicago. In an altogether pricey lifeline it will get vastly cheaper for most people to keep health insurance after losing a job if the government's stimulus plan becomes law: $40 billion to subsidize health insurance for the unemployed and more than twice that to support Medicaid. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - It will get vastly cheaper for most people to keep health insurance after losing a job if the government's stimulus plan becomes law. Some nickel and dime cuts in health coverage for the poor will be reversed, too. Geek jobs in medicine will grow.</p><br clear="all"/>

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