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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 143 points 1 week ago (10 children)

The first thing we need to do to fix healthcare in this country is to decouple health insurance from our jobs. If you lose your job you should not lose your health benefits. And no, cobra is not a substitute.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cobra sucks. “hey you have no income now because you were laid off, want to pay $850/month to continue your health insurance?”

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

More like 1400-2k.*

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