My recollection of how COBRA works is flawed. My guideline is figure how much you can afford to pay on unemployment, then multiply by 10 and you have what COBRA payments come out to.
I may be bitter.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DCJensen - Nov 28, 2010 4:39:55 pm PST #9682 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
smonster - Nov 28, 2010 4:44:14 pm PST #9683 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm in this complicated situation where I'm eligible for health insurance at current job, but don't know how long I'll be with current job, but don't know if I can choose COBRA over current job's insurance plan, and it's just all very confusing.
And yes, COBRA is freaking expensive.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2010 4:49:11 pm PST #9684 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pretty sure my last COBRA made me certify that I wasn't eligible for other insurance when I signed up for it. Which was unfortunate, because I needed it for one day of coverage--I was covered for the other 30. However, I called the COBRA provider, and they said it was okay to overlap (just to get that day).
tl;dr: Check with your provider to be sure. I don't think it's allowed.
smonster - Nov 28, 2010 4:52:04 pm PST #9685 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Buggeration. Neither of my mental health providers are in-network for current job healthcare. And the deductibles are $1500 for in-network, and $3000 for out-of-network. ::sigh::
Thanks, ita. I'll be calling the feds tomorrow, and my former employer's COBRA provider.
WindSparrow - Nov 28, 2010 4:54:12 pm PST #9686 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ack, Spidra, that's a whole heck of a lot of frustration.
Spidra Webster - Nov 28, 2010 5:15:00 pm PST #9687 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Not fun, but it's not my only bike so I'm lucky.
That's one doozy of a deductible, smonster. Yikes. I hope you find something that works out for you.
Vortex - Nov 28, 2010 5:47:12 pm PST #9688 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Sometime in July, I promised someone (Perkins?) a copy of the "Making of Me" John Barrowman DVD. I was looking for some stuff and just found it. So, either I didn't send it to Perkins, or I promised more than one and didn't send the other. If it's your DVD, can you send me an email? Otherwise, I'll toss it if no one else wants it.
Cass - Nov 28, 2010 6:02:34 pm PST #9689 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, that was a great show! Great.
Steph L. - Nov 28, 2010 6:38:46 pm PST #9690 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The fact that I think this is a perfect Christmas gift for The Boy is a testament to how weird our relationship is: LED angler fish.
I am not even a teeny tiny bit joking.
(Lest you forget: this is the fucked-up, all-true tale of the angler fish: [link]
brenda m - Nov 28, 2010 6:44:30 pm PST #9691 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That is kind of awesome.