Comments on: What Happens When the Cost of COBRA Rises? http://www.getinsured.com/blog/what-happens-when-the-cost-of-cobra-rises/ Getting every American insured Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:07:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AIM Health Insurance http://www.getinsured.com/blog/what-happens-when-the-cost-of-cobra-rises/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 AIM Health Insurance Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:59:33 +0000 http://www.getinsured.com/blog/?p=27#comment-1103 What most people don't relize is that the premiums that they are charged when going on COBRA are the premiums that the employer was paying origanaly. Now, most employer's pay a percentage of the premium (normally 50% or more). If you want to know what insurance premiums will be like when they pass health care reform, take a look at COBRA premiums. See, group health insurance companies can't decline someone for coverage, and that is what they are wanting privite insurers to do. No declines mean everyones insurance goes up...way up. What most people don’t relize is that the premiums that they are charged when going on COBRA are the premiums that the employer was paying origanaly. Now, most employer’s pay a percentage of the premium (normally 50% or more).

If you want to know what insurance premiums will be like when they pass health care reform, take a look at COBRA premiums. See, group health insurance companies can’t decline someone for coverage, and that is what they are wanting privite insurers to do. No declines mean everyones insurance goes up…way up.

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