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0 pointsnevir2y ago0 comments

C̶O̶B̶R̶A̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶d̶a̶t̶o̶r̶y̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶l̶a̶i̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶t̶

…if the company still exists (see comments above and below)

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ghaff2y ago· 1 in thread

Only if there still is a group health plan to pay for. If the company has shut down, there is no health plan, and therefore no COBRA. (Although, in general, with ACA, marketplace plans are not clearly worse than COBRA would have been.)

nevirOP2y ago

Oh, hell, totally didn't think of that. Ugh

boringg2y ago

Isn't COBRA for layoffs not shutdowns?

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