Post-COBRA health insurance options

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Post-COBRA health insurance options

Highlights

• Joining a spouse's plan usually best, but not always practical.


• HIPAA protections make it easier to purchase individual plan.


• Trade groups and associations often offer health insurance.

As unemployment rates hover around 10 percent, growing numbers of jobless Americans worry about securing health care insurance .

Unemployed workers across America temporarily retain health insurance coverage from their former employer through COBRA, the landmark health care legislation passed by Congress in 1986.

Bankrate can help you find the best insurance rates .

But what happens after COBRA coverage expires and new jobs remain scarce?

New health care reform legislation will change your options over the next few years. But for now, health insurance and financial experts say un... http://auto-car.ucoz.com/news/vision_insurance_plan_of_america/2013-05-30-3614