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They could have just said continued healthcare for 6 months - that's got to be a lot better than paying for 6 months of COBRA.
by blinkingled 6y ago
They could have just said continued healthcare for 6 months - that's got to be a lot better than paying for 6 months of COBRA.
- tidepod12 6y agoIt's the same thing. COBRA means you continue any healthcare plan you had while employed, with the only difference being you pay the full premium rather than your company subsidizing it. But in this case, it seems Dropbox is still subsidizing it (if that is indeed what that sentence in the letter means)... so it is just continued health coverage.
- jiveturkey 6y agoIt's not the same thing. Continued healthcare means you are fully on the employer plan and afterwards, the COBRA timer starts. Paying for COBRA means the timer starts now.
- tptacek 6y agoEmployer health plans can't cover non-employees.
- pnw_hazor 6y agoThe group plan covers employees. Former employees are not going to be eligible. Though the company can pay the COBRA premiums for the same coverage fairly seamlessly. I was part of a group that split from a company, our new company paid COBRA premiums for our people until we set up our own group plan for the next year.