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the Price of Health Insurance from COBRA

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$ 500
May 2007
Marion, Ohio
COBRA caused huge insurance mess  more... close row
$ 400
Mar 2008
Shinglehouse PA
Cobra from an old job  more... close row

Description of service

I am currently on Cobra from when my job was done away with. I have epilepsy so it isn't easy at all to find insurance that doesn't rob you completely. I pay about four hundred dollars a month to have my insurance just for me. My family isn't covered under this.

I called many different insurance companies to find something that would help me out. I was either turned away completely or the cost was well over one thousand dollars a month. I am not rich by any means so who can afford that much for something so important. I can't believe it costs so much.


Review of Service

I have a very bad opinion on insurance. Like I said before I have epilepsy so I definetly need health insurance as well as a prescription plan. My medicine without insurance would cost over three hundred dollars a month. I don't understand why something that everyone needs is so expensive. It just doesn't make any sense to me at all

I don't understand how you can be turned down when you have a pre-existing conditon. If your completely healthy you could find out that you have something wrong the day after you get insurance. How can this be legal? Insurance is one of the most important things to have.


Tips

If you get married make sure your spouse puts you on their insurance within the given time. Don't wait if you have insurance. When I lost my job, my husband had never put me on his insurance because I had really good insurance. His insurance company wouldn't cover me because he never put me on and I have a pre-existing condition. I he would have done it after we got married then it would have been fine.


$ 380
Sep 2006
Dallas, TX
High monthly payment reminded us to see the doctor  more... close row
$ 1300
May 2008
Topeka, Kansas
Cost of health insurance expensive through COBRA  more... close row
$ 328
Apr 2008
Sharon MA
Health insurance plan can not be changed after being laid off  more... close row
$ 850
Apr 2008
Seattle, WA
Coverage for couple with infant  more... close row
$ 385
May 2008
Denton, Texas
COBRA payment for just one person  more... close row
$ 760
Jan 2007
Sacramento, CA
Expensive to continue health insurance  more... close row
$ 377
Sep 2007
Alameda, CA
$377 a month for COBRA health insurance  more... close row
$ 0
Oct 2010
City, State
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$ 425
Aug 2007
Myrtle Beach, SC
COBRA too much for a single person  more... close row
$ 600
Jan 2007
Monticello, AR
Price for a family of four on COBRA  more... close row
$ 487
Mar 2006
Grapevine, Texas
COBRA extremely expensive  more... close row