Posts Tagged ‘COBRA’
Postponing the Health Insurance Purchase
"I don't need health insurance since I am healthy". No matter how often I hear that it never makes sense. The guy in the casket at the front of the church probably could use some life insurance but unfortunately it is too late to do anything about it. Same for health insurance. You can't buy it once you get sick. Almost 2 [...]
COBRA, What is it? How does it work?
A short video from the folks at Humana. Learn about COBRA in 3 minutes, 28 seconds. For more information on COBRA, check out COBRA insurance. You may able to qualify for major medical that is more affordable than COBRA.
COBRA, ARRA . . . Gotcha!
Just when you thought it was safe . . . the land shark is at your door. So you thought the Porkulus Bill and the ARRA (American Recovery and Redundancy Act) was a good deal for those who opt for COBRA, right? After all, your employer is required to pay 65% of your COBRA premium for up to 9 months so life should be good. Not so fast Sparky. By [...]
A Stimulating Conundrum
Washington's idea of a stimulus package seems to be springing leaks. They want to spend taxpayer money to create jobs and stimulate the economy. So why are they buying condoms from China? the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has distributed an estimated 10 billion U.S.-made AIDS-preventing condoms in poor countries around the [...]
Options for the Unemployed
Insurance giant Aetna released a report which is a poor reflection on our ability as agents to get the word out about Georgia health insurance plans. With unemployment exceeding 8%, thousands are finding themselves out of work and (apparently) no clue about their health insurance options. The survey found that 69 percent of consumers had [...]
Pig Farts and COBRA
LBJ conceived the Great Society to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. George H. W. Bush created the No Child Left Behind to provide quality basic education to all children. Obama is promising there will be No Patients Left Behind as part of his master plan to save the USA from economic collapse. We still have poverty, racial inequity and [...]
COBRA Subsidy? Maybe, Maybe Not . . .
Washington works in strange ways, if you can say it works at all. One part of the recent legislation, which no one read before voting on, provides subsidies for COBRA. Or does it? We found several resources that have their take on the subsidy. Of course, like anything else having to do with new rules, the devil is in the details. Problem is, we [...]
