Yes, I think the government should help subsidize COBRA because there are many people who can’t afford it and must drop health coverage. However, I think it should be a temporary fix on our way to national healthcare. Ideally individuals should be able to sign up for quality health care that they can afford through a national plan and then there would be no need for COBRA. COBRA is a bandaid on a broken system.
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