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When I leave a company the company loses out on a cog in their wheel. When a company leaves me, they also take from me a way to access healthcare, which is life

• rsj_hn 5y ago
  You can still access healthcare for a period of time under COBRA. https://www.healthcare.gov/unemployed/cobra-coverage/ https://www.healthcare.gov/unemployed/cobra-coverage/ This law was passed to address employment gaps as you described. If you can't get a new job in that time, then it's time to look for a ACA solution for unemployed workers (insurance premiums limited to a percentage of income) or apply for disability or some other issue depending on your circumstances. Health care insurance is pretty well subsidized for the unemployed and the poor, the issue is that providers zap the middle class with unexpected bills and extremely high bills that are not covered by insurance. E.g. the old losing your savings because of a snake-bite problem, which can hit both the employed and the unemployed. Back when I lived in SF, SF General famously refused to accept insurance from anyone. Their entire business model was to charge outrageous bills and give free care to the indigent. That's why you'd get these 100K bills for a broken ankle. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18137967/er-bills-zuckerberg-san-francisco-general-hospital https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18137967/er... That's the big nightmare scenario for healthcare patients in the U.S.