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.
Angel: You know, I killed my actual dad. It was one of the first things I did when I became a vampire. Wesley: I hardly see how that's the same situation. Angel: Yeah. I didn't really think that one through.
'Lineage'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
javachik - Aug 11, 2009 3:11:19 pm PDT #3335 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
megan walker - Aug 11, 2009 3:12:10 pm PDT #3336 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Jesse - Aug 11, 2009 3:13:13 pm PDT #3337 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I believe you always have 90 days to elect COBRA, and it goes retroactively (if you pay the 3 months of premiums).
Polgara - Aug 11, 2009 3:15:55 pm PDT #3338 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
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.)
Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2009 3:16:30 pm PDT #3339 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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".
Kat - Aug 11, 2009 3:19:19 pm PDT #3340 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
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.
Sue - Aug 11, 2009 3:37:31 pm PDT #3341 of 30001
hip deep in pie
ETA: For me, COBRA was about $550/month, but still far cheaper than my surgery probably was.
How long ago was this, megan?
Typo Boy - Aug 11, 2009 3:40:02 pm PDT #3342 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
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.)
Burrell - Aug 11, 2009 3:47:47 pm PDT #3343 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Not to stoke anyone's rage or anything, but I was just listening to a discussion of the House health care bill on NPR and they were saying something about the public option being paid for by premiums, not direct taxation, and yet not covering abortions for those who would need governmental subsidies to help defray the cost of their premiums. Because THAT is sound medical ethics?!?!
Dear God, why has Thou forsaken my country and left it in the hands of the freakin' nutjobs?
Kat - Aug 11, 2009 4:03:09 pm PDT #3344 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Burrell, this has info about it: [link] I think. (Wanna get together end of next week? We're out of town end of this week and next but would love to see you.)