Cory DoctorowJan 23
Having spent thousands of dollars on Cobra, only to have Kaiser terminate my account without notice or warning, and back-date the termination to December, I called Kaiser. It took 54 minutes to speak to someone, who could not resolve this issue. I have been waiting to speak to someone who may be able to resolve my issue for 71 minutes now.
Show threadSunshine and Wind
@pluralistic
For those of us who don't live where you live, who's Kaiser, and what's Cobra?
Jan 23 at 9:04pmWeb
Show threadgrechawJan 23
@WigglyWigtails @pluralistic you're gonna love this. Cobra is a law that means you can pay to keep insurance when you leave a job. It costs so much it's incredible. Kaiser is a HMO which means they handle all aspects of healthcare which would be great except it's not.
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsJan 23
@grechaw @WigglyWigtails @pluralistic where HMO is satirically interpreted as "Hand the Money Over"
Show threadjackJan 23

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Show threadJoe BayesJan 23

@WigglyWigtails Kaiser is a large medical provider-and-health-insurance company in the US. It is different from most US health insurance companies in that they will only pay for (non-emergency) care at Kaiser facilities; the trade-off is that since the provider and the insurer are the same company, there is much less argument about billing. Many people consider them the best of a sorry lot.

COBRA is a program that lets you pay (through the nose) to stay on your (former) employer's health insurance program, even after you have left the company.

If all this sounds ridiculous, that's because it is.

Show threadFlauschtextJan 24
@jbayes @WigglyWigtails Thanks for explaining. That's quite bizarre.
Show threadFlipper 🐬🏳️‍🌈Jan 23
@WigglyWigtails
Kaiser: a "healthcare" "provider"
COBRA: if you don't get "healthcare" the "normal" way, through your employer (ofc), COBRA is a temporary way to overpay for "healthcare" until you get back into the system.
@pluralistic
Show threadJumileJan 23
@flipper @WigglyWigtails @pluralistic "Overpay" to get back in? Does it think it's the state pension? 😅