Again no check. Again $4K sitting somewhere besides my bank account. COBRA due this week or else. And then the mail comes.
Oh, goody, it's the folks that administer my COBRA plan. I always like to hear from them! They make me so happy.
It appears our COBRA premium is increasing from $969 a month to nearly $1,300 a month come 1/1/04.
It appears going postal might be the best solution after all.
When Hilary Clinton talked about the healthcare mandate as first lady, times were pretty flush for us. The dot-com boom was in full swing, and companies were wooing even unqualified candidates to come work for them because of their great incentive packages. Most of us in the technology sector had pretty reasonable health insurance, and pretty good health insurance. We even had extra money to give to the United Way and other organizations that help those and need. I for didn't tune in too keenly to what Hilary was yammering on about.
Now that lean times are upon us, I wish someone who made a difference (AKA: not me) would turn up the volume on the healthcare / health insurance crisis for this next erection. Errr. Election.
The day two forty-somethings and a kid have to pay $1300 a month for health insurance is the day I start getting really pissed off.
This poll from What the Nation Thinks shows that 70-percent of respondents believe the U.S. should have a federally funded national healthcare plan to cover all citizens.
Me too.
