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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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?
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.
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.
so how long does eye dilation last? this is killing me. mega irritating
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.
At least two months with a possible cross-country drive in the middle.
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how long does eye dilation last?
At least four hours for me. It was teh suck.
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.