>It still costs the individual an arm and a leg for COBRA, more than most unemployed people can afford to pay. The real issue IMO is reining in costs. Did you know we now spend 1/6 of our GNP on health? That is ridiculous, and out of sight compared to other countries. I completely agree with President Obama (I bet you don't ;-) ) that health care costs are the greatest threat to our long term economic well being, even bigger than Social Security.
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>I know why you agree with Obama - you are unemployed and you want the government (that means gainfully employed productive taxpayers like me) to give you a hand out. If you hadn't thrown away your last chance to be productively employed, you might feel a little differently about having to shell out your hard-earned money to help take care of dead beats.


Nice one Marcia.

On behalf of the human race I'd like to welcome you to our planet.