Loss of COBRA aid puts people in health care bind

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lida Holmes is frightened to be without health insurance for the first time as an adult.

Holmes hasn't been uninsured "since I was 16," she said. "It's very worrisome for me, but there's nothing I can do about it."

On Tuesday, Holmes and several million Americans lost a federal subsidy that helped them buy COBRA insurance -- a program that lets laid-off people purchase the health coverage they once had at work.

She can't afford the $500-a-month coverage on her own, so Holmes, 60, a laid-off legal secretary who lives in Detroit, began several months ago to reduce the dosages of medicines she takes for high blood pressure and a lung disorder, so she'd have drugs for awhile after her coverage expired.
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