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COBRA Was Costing This El Paso Couple More Than Their Rent. Then the 60-Day Enrollment Window Almost Slammed Shut.
The 60-day special enrollment window that follows a job-based insurance loss does not wait. It…
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A Firefighter’s COBRA Bill Hit $1,847 a Month — More Than His Rent — After a Friend’s Loan Default
The conventional wisdom about COBRA health insurance is that it’s expensive but temporary — a…
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COBRA Was Costing More Than Our Rent. Then My Husband’s Hidden $34,000 in Debt Surfaced.
The federal window to elect COBRA coverage after losing employer-sponsored health insurance is exactly 60…
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‘My COBRA Is More Than My Rent’: A Portland Factory Worker’s Race to Medicare at 65
The block party on SE Hawthorne had been winding down for an hour when my…
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At 61, Her Health Insurance Costs $2,400 a Month — More Than Her Mortgage. She’s Counting the Days to Medicare
The morning I drove to meet Tanya Kirby, the sky over Baltimore was the flat…
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He Earns Over $100,000 a Year and His COBRA Premium Still Costs More Than His Rent
The assumption that a six-figure income insulates someone from health insurance chaos is one of…
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My Husband’s Layoff Came With a $1,847-a-Month COBRA Bill — Here’s How We Survived It
Roughly 150,000 Americans lose employer-sponsored health coverage every month due to involuntary job loss, according…
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A Baby, a House, and $22K: How One Minneapolis Couple Got Paralyzed Choosing Between Two Financial Goals
The personal finance industry has spent decades telling young families to do everything at once…