Title: What The New Stimulus Package Means For Your Unemployment Benefits – Forbes Advisor
Headings: New Stimulus Package: Unemployment Benefits, $300 Per Week Extended Until September
New Stimulus Package: Unemployment Benefits, $300 Per Week Extended Until September
Calculator: Biden’s $300 Unemployment Bonus: Calculate How Much Could You Receive In Your State
$300 Weekly Unemployment Benefit Extension Until Sept. 6
When Will You Get Your Benefits?
Are The Expanded Unemployment Benefits Enough?
How $100 Delayed the Senate Vote

Content: The benefit is worth $100 per week for eligible workers. Unlike other unemployment benefits, this money counts toward your income to determine your eligibility for Medicaid, meaning that it could potentially push you over an income cap that leaves you unable to get health care coverage through this channel. When Will You Get Your Benefits? Although the federal government is authorizing these extensions immediately, that doesn’t mean your unemployment benefits will be delivered seamlessly. The last stimulus package was signed in late December 2020, but reprogramming state unemployment systems for the changes meant it ended up taking weeks to restart pandemic aid programs in some places. That left workers with smaller payments—or no benefits at all—while they waited for their claims to get approved. It’s almost certain that similar payment gaps will take place again as states hustle to implement program changes and re-enroll people who had exhausted their benefits prior to the extension. That could leave millions of Americans scrambling to meet their financial obligations in the meantime. On Friday, the IRS released guidance asking people to be patient and not file an amended return, promising that they would provide further guidance on how to receive the tax-free benefit very soon. Are The Expanded Unemployment Benefits Enough?