David, > Going to COBRA is very expensive and really designed for > short term use. There are many group health insurance > options out there. My wife and I have even discussing > not having health insurance. ...
We can't really wing it without insurance. Steve has had two heart attacks and flesh eating bacteria. If it weren't for insurance picking up the bills -- especially during the flesh eating bacteria -- he would have died waiting for a decision to be made about how to get paid for treatment. So no insurance is no option. The COBRA plan is the same rate EDS pays plus a small administration fee. It is significantly lower in cost than the plan we had before I was hired by EDS. I even took up the option to convert my long term disability and group term life policies -- the rates were very good from what I could see. So far I haven't seen any offerings that were cheaper than COBRA for the same kind of plan. Maybe something has changed. Or maybe EDS has a better rate deal than some other companies because of its size. Hmm... Kristyne McDaniel www.mcstyles.com www.shamrocktrails.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
