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[FallbrookFarmer]

I'm holding my breath
The job I REALLY want is to be the official US government
acronym maker-upper! TARP-COBRA-HIPA
I've got some REALLY good one's

 

[MikePA]

Lets say you do lose your job and can get COBRA, now you can choose to pay for coverage or food which hand gets the money?

Go back and read the post COBRA was an answer to. It was a perfect example of where COBRA made sense. Some people aren't happy until someone else is paying for their health care.

 

[brin]

Morning Bob,

How about the IRS :laughing:

Actually, I think you must mean effective or efficient, not profitable. Gov't programs are not designed to be profitable. Profit making is normally restricted to the private sector.
Dave.

Hi Dave...I admit the IRS is effective in harassing folks but they are not collecting all the taxes for hundreds of billions in unreported and under the table income. Wait, maybe if they add another 10,000 pages to the tax code that will do it....Yeah, that's the ticket...LOL :laughing::thumbsup:

 

[dave1949]

Go back and read the post COBRA was an answer to. It was a perfect example of where COBRA made sense. Some people aren't happy until someone else is paying for their health care.

What's with the over the top responses Mike?

20_20's point is valid. With no income, it really doesn't matter that COBRA is available, unless you have savings to draw from. In this economy, a new job could be a long ways off. Those savings may be needed for mortgage/rent and food and utilites. It may not be possible to pay for COBRA coverage, which I believe was originally limited to six months in any case. Most people just end up with no health insurance for some period of time.
Dave.

 

[dmccarty]

Dan,

My point isn't to debate morality with anyone but rather to suggest that there are different notions of morality just as there are different notions of the family, the role of government in our lives and the role of America in the world. But the salient point here has to do with morality IMO.

But you said,

How could anyone claim abortion is immoral and be in favor of the death penalty?

How could anyone not be in favor of the dealth penalty and sanction abortion?

This implies that if you support one you have to support the other.

Which is simply not true for their is a vast difference between the death penalty and abortion.

If one wants to say that ALL life is sacred and both abortion and the death penalty are wrong I am ok with that position.

Later,
Dan

 

[MikePA]

What's with the over the top responses Mike?

My responses was not over the top, Dave. My COBRA response was to a specific post which was the forum equivalent of a news conference where people with some disease, illness, complaint, are used as stage props to make a political point. The poster blamed high medical bills for someone losing their house and their marriage and that nothing has gotten better. I pointed out that COBRA is now available as a stop gap when between jobs, so things have changed. I didn't make a blanket endorsement of it. It is amazing what people read into posts.

 

[FallbrookFarmer]

You obviously haven't read my other post on "Farmers Tax Guide" The IRS doesn't need another 10,000 pages,
they can just make it up as they go

Well, I guess posting ACTUAL wording from an IRS publication is "political", so it gets pulled

 

[brin]

Well, I guess posting ACTUAL wording from an IRS publication is "political", so it gets pulled

OK - that explains why when I went back to look for it I could not find it

 

[Chuck52]

Well, I guess posting ACTUAL wording from an IRS publication is "political", so it gets pulled

Just as a test, you might try posting something totally non-political, just to see if you've been flagged or something. There are lots of non-political "Related Topics" to choose from, like gardening, how-to questions, etc.

Chuck

 

[2manyrocks]

Ouch!

I'm saying this more as a public service announcement in case someone reads this that is facing a COBRA decision.

COBRA allows for up to 18 months of continued coverage, but the problem for an employee is that the employee is now paying all of the premium (unless the employer agreed to pick up part of it as part of severance) and the premium is usually more expensive than what the employee might find elsewhere. FAQs For Employees About COBRA Continuation Health Coverage

It can be cheaper and better for a terminated employee to go shop for his own insurance at a lower rate instead of paying for all 18 months of coverage on the employer's plan. The employer is supposed to provide a certificate of coverage that the employee can use to show he's been covered so the insurance companies can't lay the preexisting exclusion on him.

Faced with a choice between a mortgage and losing health insurance? If someone has a serious enough health condition, they might be better off to keep their health insurance. Everyone has to look at their individual situation and choose carefully.

Now back to the thread, rant, whatever...