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In reply to the discussion: They just said a short while ago if you did not take the insurance the [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)14. Back in the 1990s, my husband changed from being
a subcontractor at JPL to being an employee, not a day lost from work or of insurance coverage, but it triggered a COBRA letter: We should immediately mail our check for $2,999 for the next 3 months' coverage in order to continue coverage at all.
Horrified isn't the word on reading this as I wondered how many people facing loss of their income, especially young families without assets, would not be able to meet it and also keep the power on, and the children fed, and...
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Doreen
Mar 2017
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Plan D the drug program also charges more if you don't sign up when you are 65. I am 68 and spend
doc03
Mar 2017
#28
The Republicans looked at the healthcare system and decided it needed more usury.
FSogol
Mar 2017
#6
Just wait until the premium increases on employer-based plans after ACA repeal.
roamer65
Mar 2017
#23