On Wed, November 24, 2004 4:24 pm, Steve Litt said: > On Wednesday 24 November 2004 04:13 pm, Shane O'Donnell wrote: >> So if it's just a primary key, why not make up an SSN? >> >> It won't cost you the job (immediately, anyway) and if you get the >> job >> their only recourse is to not hire you because you provided a fake >> SSN for >> a "non-official" purpose. >> >> Better to ask for forgiveness... >> >> Shane O. > > Except if they hire you, you quit your old job, give up your old job's > health > insurance, and then they fire you for lying on your application, and > you have > no job, no health insurance. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Founder and acting president: GoLUG > http://www.golug.org
Yes, but chances are you didn't give up your old insurance b/c your new employer has a waiting period before your eligible for their health insurance. So you took the cobra coverage your old employer offered, which gives you health insurance for 18 months. Although it's expensive and now you don't have a job to pay for it. Also when your old employer asks you if you want cobra, you don't have to say yes or no right then. Generally I believe you can wait up to 30 days before you accept or decline cobra. Thus giving you the opportunity to save one month of cobra. If you wait and don't go to the doctor, you didn't need the coverage. If you go to the doctor, then apply for cobra, it will be in effect from whence you left and your visit will be covered. Of course this only works in the first 30 days. Matt -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
