It is not quite as bad as all that. COBRA requires that your ex-employer or insurance company allow you to purchase, at group rates, the policy under which you had been covered. This goes for a period of 18-39 months depending upon the situation. After that you can apply for individual coverage w/o any preexisting condition disqualifications. The individual plans used to be quite bad, but BC/BS has stepped up with some highly competitive plans as more people are self-employed.

I hear the health bill just grew by almost 1000 pages behind locked doors. Anyone care to guess whats in it before they vote this week? I bet they don't even know.

If it was hard to read the 1200 page version, the 1,990 page version (according to a page count I've read in a couple of places on the net) means some 60% more legalese to wade through.

What fun!

NOT!

Cologal, Sure is nice to see that we do NOT disagree on everything. I like some of your thinking.:coolsmiley::coolsmiley:

I have to admit I'm a little creeped out by the thought of a triage nurse saying "Your papers, please" - but, in principle, I believ ethat *if* we are going to have public health care it should be a *privilege* of being an American Citizen or *legal* taxpaying resident.