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mwooldri

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4. Ha!

Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:28 PM

Apr 2020

You jest about COBRA, no? Employees have to pay 100% of the cost. In some cases going onto the ACA exchanges and going through special enrollment (loss of other coverage is a qualifying event) would be far far cheaper than going COBRA. Last time I left a job and qualified for COBRA the premiums were in the thousands per month. Fortunately my wife was (and still is) working so it was better to pile me and the kids on her employers plan.

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