Comments on: What Does COBRA Insurance Mean? http://www.youronlineinsurance.com/health-insurance/what-does-cobra-insurance-mean-223/ Answers to your online insurance questions Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Troy http://www.youronlineinsurance.com/health-insurance/what-does-cobra-insurance-mean-223/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Troy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:27:43 +0000 http://www.youronlineinsurance.com/?p=1397#comment-227 Those who lost their jobs prior to the September 1, 2008 eligibility cut-off date never received any assistance with their COBRA premiums. Many if not most of those same people are not even eligible for COBRA now because their 18 months of coverage has expired. Even those who were lucky enough to receive the subsidy in the first place are starting to loose their coverage and are joining the estimated 50 million uninsured. According to a Harvard study, uninsured adults are 80% more likely to die from a traumatic injury than those who have insurance. Currently their are three bills working their way through congress that may offer some relief. For more information on these bills and other options to COBRA, please see our website. Those who lost their jobs prior to the September 1, 2008 eligibility cut-off date never received any assistance with their COBRA premiums. Many if not most of those same people are not even eligible for COBRA now because their 18 months of coverage has expired. Even those who were lucky enough to receive the subsidy in the first place are starting to loose their coverage and are joining the estimated 50 million uninsured.

According to a Harvard study, uninsured adults are 80% more likely to die from a traumatic injury than those who have insurance. Currently their are three bills working their way through congress that may offer some relief. For more information on these bills and other options to COBRA, please see our website.

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