Reply #78: What about for us single people who *made* over $43k and are now unemployed... [View All]

[cascadiance]

Now we get a COBRA option and for a period of time it is either free or 1/3rd of the rate that it eventually has.

How are unemployed people handled under this plan? Do they have to still fork out $5k?

BTW, I still think that $5k is rather bogus. I doubt employers are going to give you much more money to make up for the savings they get if you enroll in the public option versus their private insurance plan arrangements. Or are emplolyers at a minimum required to pay whatever they pay to private insurers to the public option plan for the employee so that it is "on an even playing field" as they claim... If not you still wind up paying more for coverage than you did before if you're in these categories.

Single Payer is still the real solution! Take the insurance companies OUT of health care coverage!