Jobs Bill Passes House: Dems Keep ‘Doc Fix’ But Jettison COBRA Benefits, Extra State Medicaid Funding

The House this afternoon passed a bill that would keep doctors from facing a cut in Medicare payments while extending tax and unemployment benefits. But, under pressure from fiscal conservatives, Democrats dropped a COBRA subsidy extension to help newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as a provision to boost federal aid to state Medicaid programs…

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