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On 4/9/20 4:11 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/20 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:

...through your employer isn’t so great when you no longer have an
employer, eh, furloughed or laid off Republicans?



You have COBRA for 18 months. Someone has to pay for that insurance.


Ahh, yes, the furloughed employee with limited income. Have you priced
COBRA?


About 10% higher than the company was paying.


Last I saw, the average cost for COBRA family coverage was about $15,000
a year. That's a big hit for a laid-off worker with limited income. We
might have 25% of the workforce laid off temporarily and a huge
percentage laid off permanently. There is going to be really strong
pressure for a decent universal coverage health insurance program.