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Don't get on COBRA with a plan to stay on it, I think you're saying, and I agree. If your new employer doesn't offer health care, go buy some: switching jobs
by Frondo 11y ago
Don't get on COBRA with a plan to stay on it, I think you're saying, and I agree.
If your new employer doesn't offer health care, go buy some: switching jobs is a "qualifying life event" and lets you buy outside the yearly sign-up window.
If they do offer health care, then you're set. Wait for that. This one-week gap isn't going to mean anything or change anything.
- tptacek 11y agoYeah, I could have been clearer about this. At 18 employees, his new employer surely offers group coverage (if they didn't, he shouldn't work there regardless of whether he's dealing with an illness). And of course, if temporary COBRA coverage is the only way to ensure he has no coverage gap, he should make use of COBRA as well. Just don't do COBRA as an alternative to the employer's group plan.