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Many of those laid off can maintain coverage for 18 months through their former employer's plan under a law called COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act). But at an average $600 a month, that's expensive insurance. Fortunately, there are other options, and if your family's health is reasonably good, they will probably be cheaper...
Granted, Clinton did take some steps to combat terrorism on U.S. soil by signing the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act in 1995, which made an international terrorist act committed in America a federal crime. The bill, however, was grossly inadequate because it did little to address terrorist threats on foreign soil. Making terrorism a federal crime will hardly dissuade fanatics from executing their plans abroad...
Last week, the Senate irresponsibly voted down an amendment to this year’s omnibus energy bill that would have increased automobile gas mileage standards for the first time since 1985. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.), would have raised the corporate average fuel efficiency—the average fuel efficiency for all autos sold in America—up from the current levels of 27 miles per gallon (mpg) for cars and 20.7 mpg for “light trucks.” Unfortunately, the powerful automobile...
...because his muscular masculinity was a crucial component of his appeal, Kelly blew away the perfume of sissy-hood that clung to serious dance like a too-tight tutu. His last major choreographic statement was a 1958 "Omnibus" special called "Dancing: A Man?s Game," explicitly aligned dance with sport: Bob Cousy makes a few sassy dribbling moves; Mickey Mantle plays catch with our star. Kelly, the kid who aspired not to dance stardom but to play shortstop for the Pirates (and, considering their record in the 40s, they could have used him) brought out the manly athleticism of entrechats...
Since 1986, the most popular way for the recently unemployed to stay insured has been through COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act). The government-mandated program keeps any former employee's corporate health-insurance plan active for 18 months. Now the Internet enables comparison shopping for health insurance, and there are cheaper alternatives to COBRA. Websites like eHealthInsurance.com allow an evaluation of various health plans in any given ZIP code. Gary Lauer, eHealthInsurance's chief executive, says a family of four can usually find an online deal that's better than COBRA's average $600 per month premium, although prices...