"Swingman" wrote

Try being self-employed for the past 40 years, then ask me if I give a
rat's ass about COBRA.

Oh, an independent's look at things. Let's start at the beginning. I do
have very good health insurance coverage through my employer. But why?
There is no real reason that any employer should, or must, provide health
care insurance to an employee.

My employer does not provide me with a home, a car, my utilities, and has
never bought me a pair of shoes. Why then, after 30 or 90 days, does he
have to provide me with medical coverage? There are many ways of getting
group rates and if there were no such groups, we'd all be in the same pool
for the same rate anyway.