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GAO Issues Report on COBRA Health Insurance COVID-19 Subsidies

Jan 14, 2025

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on the implementation of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) health insurance subsidies during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  GAO found that both the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of the Treasury did a good job in implementing the health insurance COBRA COVID-19 subsidies for unemployed persons under a very tight deadline.  To read the GAO report on implementation of the health insurance COBRA COVID-19 subsidies, use the first link below.  To read GAO highlights of the report on implementation of the health insurance COBRA COVID-19 subsidies, use the second link below.

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107055.pdf  (GAO report on implementation of the health insurance COBRA COVID-19 subsidies)

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107055-highlights.pdf  (GAO highlights on implementation of the health insurance COBRA COVID-19 subsidies)