rurallib
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:22 PM
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Question - on an NPR news report today the news reader stated |
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"4.6 million unemployed CHOSE to continue receiving unemployment insurance." My knowledge of UI is very limited. I know that you must sign up for it and I do know that you can receive UI only for a limited period. But I guess I thought that that period would continue unimpeded until interrupted by work. Why else would someone suspend UI? Also made me wonder if there were a lifetime limit for receiving UI just as there is a lifetime benefits amount on health insurance? For example 18 months per incidence, 36 months total lifetime?
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:23 PM
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1. I've never been eligible. So, no 'choice'. nt |
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:24 PM
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2. It runs out after a time |
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The government recently extended the period of time, so I guess technically you could say those on it chose to stay on it for as long as the government allowed them when they lengthened the time allowed.
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:28 PM
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4. Is there a lifetime maximum? |
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If a person's time runs out during a period of unemployment, is there a waiting period before they can apply again?
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:30 PM
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5. No, it used to be a few months |
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I think Congress extended it another quarter or so, but it definitely runs out after a time. You can't apply again once you are off of it unless you lose another job.
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rurallib
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:33 PM
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6. the word "CHOSE" really caught me offguard. |
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:37 PM
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7. I believe because Congress approved extending benefits |
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That people had to somehow agree to it in the form of choosing. Could be wrong though
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Thu Jan-08-09 03:27 PM
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3. I took it to mean that it was the number of people who re-upped |
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after a month or whenever you have to re-up for the next installment. The number of people doing this would be an indication of how hard it is to get a new job.
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