rsewill
Veteran Member
clemsonfor said:My uncle story is similar but worse ... had COBRA for a while but it was like $1000 or $1500 month so he let it lapse. He rolled the dice as he only had like 2-3 years till he was 65. He rolled wrong. A year or so after he let it lapse he had a massive heart attack. He survived and had to have triple bypass. Still has circulation problems but otherwise heathly just weaker. But he is left with like $100-150K in medical bills that he is paying $1000 or so a month i think on till he dies i guess. The Cobra would of been way cheaper, hindsight is 20/20.
COBRA applies for only 18 months. He may no longer have still been eligible. Or he could have had his insurance time-out the day after his heart attack but before the surgery took place. Isn't our system grand...