Comments on: Blogging for the uninsured: getting health care access for everyone http://causeblogger.com/blogging-for-the-uninsured-getting-health-care-access-for-everyone/ Building websites & blogs to promote charitable causes Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sandra Sims http://causeblogger.com/blogging-for-the-uninsured-getting-health-care-access-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Sandra Sims Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:43:48 +0000 http://causeblogger.com/?p=166#comment-797 Great point. There's a big risk in not taking COBRA. It's a very bad predicament to be in. Great point. There’s a big risk in not taking COBRA. It’s a very bad predicament to be in.

]]> By: IIll and Uninsured in Illinois http://causeblogger.com/blogging-for-the-uninsured-getting-health-care-access-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-782 IIll and Uninsured in Illinois Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:51:20 +0000 http://causeblogger.com/?p=166#comment-782 The other risk if you can't afford to sign up for COBRA and you're unemployed for more than a short time is that you'll lose your "portability." Some states have laws that require your next insurer to cover your chronic problems as long as you've had continuous coverage -- but once you go without coverage for a while, even if you get a job with insurance, it may not cover any of your pre-existing conditions. I also blog about the problems of the uninsured at illinillinois.blogspot.com The other risk if you can’t afford to sign up for COBRA and you’re unemployed for more than a short time is that you’ll lose your “portability.” Some states have laws that require your next insurer to cover your chronic problems as long as you’ve had continuous coverage — but once you go without coverage for a while, even if you get a job with insurance, it may not cover any of your pre-existing conditions.

I also blog about the problems of the uninsured at illinillinois.blogspot.com

]]>