Comments on: Wake Up to the Reality of the Stimulus Package http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2009/06/22/wake-up-to-the-reality-of-the-stimulus-package/ Still standing... Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jesse Petersen http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2009/06/22/wake-up-to-the-reality-of-the-stimulus-package/#comment-1958 Jesse Petersen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:12:58 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/?p=1186#comment-1958 Because I left my company September 1st, I was left paying $706/mo for COBRA - ALL of it. After doing this for 5 months, we realized that I was actually making less money working from home for higher salary than I was at the office 25 miles away, so I guess that was fine since I chose to left. What sucked was when the company, or essentially person, for whom I left a secure, gov't contract job to work for decided to ditch me I had no choice but to begin working for myself the next day or look for a job, earn no money while doing so, and run our savings to nothing. We have since changed to a HIPAA-guaranteed individual policy for $860 and are looking at the possibility of getting an HSA-eligible plan with no underwriting or pre-existing condition clause for tax benefits. Because I left my company September 1st, I was left paying $706/mo for COBRA – ALL of it.

After doing this for 5 months, we realized that I was actually making less money working from home for higher salary than I was at the office 25 miles away, so I guess that was fine since I chose to left.

What sucked was when the company, or essentially person, for whom I left a secure, gov’t contract job to work for decided to ditch me I had no choice but to begin working for myself the next day or look for a job, earn no money while doing so, and run our savings to nothing.

We have since changed to a HIPAA-guaranteed individual policy for $860 and are looking at the possibility of getting an HSA-eligible plan with no underwriting or pre-existing condition clause for tax benefits.

]]> By: Jesse Petersen http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2009/06/22/wake-up-to-the-reality-of-the-stimulus-package/#comment-3020 Jesse Petersen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/?p=1186#comment-3020 Because I left my company September 1st, I was left paying $706/mo for COBRA - ALL of it. After doing this for 5 months, we realized that I was actually making less money working from home for higher salary than I was at the office 25 miles away, so I guess that was fine since I chose to left. What sucked was when the company, or essentially person, for whom I left a secure, gov't contract job to work for decided to ditch me I had no choice but to begin working for myself the next day or look for a job, earn no money while doing so, and run our savings to nothing. We have since changed to a HIPAA-guaranteed individual policy for $860 and are looking at the possibility of getting an HSA-eligible plan with no underwriting or pre-existing condition clause for tax benefits. Because I left my company September 1st, I was left paying $706/mo for COBRA – ALL of it.

After doing this for 5 months, we realized that I was actually making less money working from home for higher salary than I was at the office 25 miles away, so I guess that was fine since I chose to left.

What sucked was when the company, or essentially person, for whom I left a secure, gov’t contract job to work for decided to ditch me I had no choice but to begin working for myself the next day or look for a job, earn no money while doing so, and run our savings to nothing.

We have since changed to a HIPAA-guaranteed individual policy for $860 and are looking at the possibility of getting an HSA-eligible plan with no underwriting or pre-existing condition clause for tax benefits.

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