Steve Pope wrote:
> Jean B. > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>
>>> When I've paid COBRA, the premiums were the total of my part and the
>>> employers part. It was brutal.
>
>> Yes, that was the case for me too.
>
> The one time I had the possibility of going on COBRA, the
> COBRA monthly premiums were 50% higher than buying
> similar, non-COBRA coverage from the same provider.
>
> Part of this was due to the former employer having a high-priced
> policy, part of it was due to my age/health being at the time
> favorable.
>
> Steve

I had (and have kept, but for not much longer) a very good policy.
Silly me. I thought I was doing myself a favor as I got older. :-(

--
Jean B.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident. --Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)