The following are responses to common questions about expanded support for unemployed workers included in the CARES Act. States are ultimately responsible for making eligibility decisions based on individual circumstances. Employers and employees should check their state workforce
Topline: Because so many workers are now working in non-traditional arenas, the CARES act provides relief for workers who are self-employed, as well as independent contractors. Key Facts: About $250 billion to expand unemployment benefits: The Senate economic relief package provides much-needed support for workers by making a the ...
Democrats continue to hold up additional coronavirus relief, while demanding a $1 trillion bailout for state and local governments that claim they have lost massive revenue. This is simple fear mongering and not based on actual data. Aid should be targeted to relieve damage actually caused by the coronavirus pandemic, rather than bail out poorly run state and local governments.
The Woodlands, TX–Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the August jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “With 1.4 million new jobs in the ...
Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) is the Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Social Security. Member guest posts appear occasionally. Social Security is vital for our seniors, individuals with disabilities, and working families. Ways and Means Republicans have been consistent in protecting Social Security ...
On August 8, President Trump signed an Executive Order, Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster, which deferred the employee portion of Social Security payroll taxes for certain individuals. On August 28, Treasury Department released guidance providing additional detail for the implementation of this Executive Order. A pdf of this ...
Topline: The Trump Administration took another step to help patients and providers, this time expanding the Provider Relief Fund to assisted living facilities. This action supports frontline providers and helps to protect the nearly 1 million vulnerable older Americans in their care. Key Details: Assisted living facilities (ALF) may now apply for ...
CLICK HERE to download this information as a PDF. In August, President Trump signed an executive order to provide temporary supplemental unemployment insurance benefits in ...
Key Points: - $1.4 billion is about to be delivered to over 80 children’s hospitals across the country as we continue to fight the novel coronavirus. - These funds, allocated from the President and Congress as part of the bipartisan CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, will help these critical hospitals serve our country’s most ...
Certain Medicare providers can now apply to receive Provider Relief Fund payments from the Department of Health and Human Services. Who Can Apply: These funds are for Medicare providers how may have missed the previous June 3, 2020 deadline to apply from the Phase 1 General Distribution. These may include, according to HHS: “Providers who were ineligible for the ...