Re:Ask HN: What to do about healthcare when working on a sta...
by WalterGR on Saturday June 06, 2015 @02:01AM
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Absolutely consider COBRA.
You have 60 days after leaving a job to enroll. (At least in California.)
Looking at Covered CA: for the same monthly cost, I would be able to get significantly better Kaiser coverage through COBRA than I would getting a plan through Covered CA.
Of course, if your goal is to minimize cost by having just an "I won't go bankrupt if I need to go to the ER" plan, the calculus is different.
You have 60 days after leaving a job to enroll. (At least in California.)
Looking at Covered CA: for the same monthly cost, I would be able to get significantly better Kaiser coverage through COBRA than I would getting a plan through Covered CA.
Of course, if your goal is to minimize cost by having just an "I won't go bankrupt if I need to go to the ER" plan, the calculus is different.