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An individual might be thinking they can't afford to pay the montly COBRA payment, but they should think twice if they have a chronic health condition. If they go without insurance for too long, that condition might be excluded the next time they get coverage. The future cost burden could turn out to...

For a typical family in my neck of the woods COBRA insurance would cost approximately $1,000 per month. The income for the same family would be a bit over $2000 per month if only 1 parent received unemployment benefits. With rents averaging $1000 per mo. there's no way that this typical family is going...

I think the employer should be made to subsidize the coverage.

Healthcare issues always create a stimulating conversation, sometimes quite intense. What strikes me is how each viewpoint appears to not be able to understand where another viewpoint is coming from.

If government is going to get involved, I would like to know where the money will come from to subsidize, AND see more emphasis placed on how to help employers avoid lay-offs in the first place.

There are many selfish bloggers on this topic. I have a friend who is currently uninsured because he can't afford COBRA and can't take out a private policy and actually use it because of pre-exisiting condition clauses that would follow him into his next job's group insurance. The government created COBRA,...

WAKE UP PEOPLE!who do you think the "government" is? It's US! quit calling on the government to cure all of our ills. unless you 'want' a personal income tax rate of 53% like that of the Canadians. enough is enough...people who take COBRA have medical conditions, should other Americans pay their premiums...

This is long overdue, but I'm not sure it's going to make much of a difference. As a society we need to start raising our daughters to ASK for what they want rather than politely waiting for someone to notice them.

I heard at a conference last week that employers have to sign a memorandum of understanding to participate in eVerify. Lawyers warned that the MOE allows the government to search some employer info and databases without a warrant.

Interesting -- that puts yet another twist in this already complex plot. I'm looking forward to see how it ultimately shakes out and what Sec. Napolitano decides.