it didn't count wrt pre-existing conditions because it was under 90 days.
That would be cool. But there's no consistent rule about this?
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Emily - Jul 16, 2007 10:34:46 am PDT #6763 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
beth b - Jul 16, 2007 10:37:16 am PDT #6764 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Trudy Booth - Jul 16, 2007 10:53:08 am PDT #6765 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
COBRA can be applied retroactively for 60 days (might be 90) so if you get hit by a bus on day 59 you just back-pay and you're covered.
Emily - Jul 16, 2007 10:55:00 am PDT #6766 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh perfect, thanks, beth.
Trudy, the deal is that I want to get coverage now (ideally some cheap catastrophic) rather than taking COBRA, so I don't want to double-cover myself. Er. If that makes sense.
beth b - Jul 16, 2007 11:07:04 am PDT #6767 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
so how long does eye dilation last? this is killing me. mega irritating
Trudy Booth - Jul 16, 2007 11:11:09 am PDT #6768 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Trudy, the deal is that I want to get coverage now (ideally some cheap catastrophic) rather than taking COBRA, so I don't want to double-cover myself. Er. If that makes sense.
It does. But how long is the gap?
If it's not too long and you don't have active need for the coverage you can rely on retro-active COBRAing should something go awry.
Emily - Jul 16, 2007 11:18:57 am PDT #6769 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
At least two months with a possible cross-country drive in the middle.
Aims - Jul 16, 2007 11:22:11 am PDT #6770 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Job Watch 2007:
Have told potential new boss that I would give her a definite answer tomorrow as current boss wants time to find health insurance options.
Laga - Jul 16, 2007 11:38:59 am PDT #6771 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
how long does eye dilation last?
At least four hours for me. It was teh suck.
megan walker - Jul 16, 2007 11:52:35 am PDT #6772 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Emily,
At this point, you may have more than a 60-day gap just given the amount of time it takes for the application process to be complete for self-insurance. I did this about the same time last year and it took awhile to be sure my application was accepted, etc. To be safe, you could just do COBRA for July and apply somewhere else now for coverage starting August 1. If it doesn't look like it will happen quickly, you could then do one more month of COBRA.
Re: pre-exisiting conditions. When I couldn't prove I was covered for the very first month of the previous two-year-period (I was I just didn't have the paperwork saying so), Blue-Cross Blus Shield insisted on a 10-month waiting period for anything related to my pre-exisiting condition.