I'm not clear here [UK Citizen] due to how the article is worded. Are unemployed Americans receieving $600/week in what we'd call unemployment benefit?... or ha

I'm not clear here [UK Citizen] due to how the article is worded. Are unemployed Americans receieving $600/week in what we'd call unemployment benefit?... or has the existing unemployment benefit been increased by $600/week? Either way, it seems a very generous amount for a nation so generally mostly opposed to state benefits. I'm unemployed at the minute in UK and get under £200/week -nearly 2/3 of which goes on rent.