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 WindJan 23
@pluralistic
For those of us who don't live where you live, who's Kaiser, and what's Cobra?
Show threadJoe Bayes

@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.

Jan 23 at 9:12pmWeb
Show threadFlauschtextJan 24
@jbayes @WigglyWigtails Thanks for explaining. That's quite bizarre.