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From: matt weber 
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On 27 May 2004 06:38:31 -0700, jonathansmith99@yahoo.com (Jonathan
Smith) wrote:

>Wes Groleau  wrote in message news:...
>> Jonathan Smith wrote:
>> > The system works well BECAUSE it is NOT single payer.  In the US, the
>> > poor are not excluded.  The unemployed are not excluded either - there
>> > is COBRA.
>> 
>> COBRA ?!?  Yes, when I was laid off, I was offered the chance
>> to maintain substantially the same coverage for about thirteen
>> hundred dollars a month.  
>
>OK - so in another thread it was $1000, now its $1300.
>
>Liar.
Worse, COBRA doesn't apply small employee groups, I don't remember
what the cutoff is, but it is bigger than most small businesses. If
you work for GE, you can get COBRA Coverage, if you work for the gas
station around the corner, you cannot.