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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue, I believe she'd be able to have COBRA for up to 12 or 18 months, but it's extremely expensive (though Obama's administration has discounted the cost). But it's pretty much the only way to continue coverage with a pre-existing condition right now (short of her getting a new job).
Thanks. I have found an FAQ about COBRA in NY that I sent to my friend and explained what little I knew of it. I'm sure extremely expensive COBRA payments are cheaper than whatever her chemo is costing.
Is that one of the things mandated by California?
Not that I know of, but I'm not positive...
I'm sure extremely expensive COBRA payments are cheaper than whatever her chemo is costing.
Absolutely. Deb G was on it and it was scary expensive but covered her Avonex (super expensive shot for MS-related ills) iirc.
My surgery was when I was on COBRA. Actually, I hadn't yet decided to continue my insurance when I first ended up in the emergency room, but because NYU's bureaucracy had taken so long to inform me about the COBRA decision I essentially got retroactive coverage.
ETA: For me, COBRA was about $550/month, but still far cheaper than my surgery probably was.
I believe you always have 90 days to elect COBRA, and it goes retroactively (if you pay the 3 months of premiums).
90 days from the date you're notified, and your employer has 60 days to notify you. If they wait the sixty days, and you elect 90 days after that, you get coverage retro to when you lost your coverage, as long as you pay those five months of premiums. If you're on good terms with your ex-employer, it's a good way to hedge your bets for five months. (I used to administer paperwork for COBRA coverage.)
I got stuck on the UES after therapy. The entire subway station at 86th St was closed off by the police, due to a "suspicious package".
Is that one of the things mandated by California?
Meara, no. My IVF wasn't paid for. But my coworkers IVF after a year of failed attempts with her husband was.
ETA: For me, COBRA was about $550/month, but still far cheaper than my surgery probably was.
How long ago was this, megan?
I can't even begin to tell you how baffling I find this whole debate. I am so far to one side of this debate that I can only sit in the corner muttering, clutching my single payer health care close, and not even thinking about medical expenses.
Yeah, I saw at a sign at a single payer rally: "I want Dudley Do-Right's Health Plan." (Dudley Do-Right was a cartoon Mountie.)