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Originally Posted by shenacat  It must be a regional thing. I've never had an insurance company even ask what I weigh... |
For the first time, I'm now on individual coverage, and the insurance company sent a nurse to my home to weigh me, take blood pressure, and other stuff for lab tests...
I agree with the pp about cobra and lapse in coverage - avoid a lapse, at any costs.
I waited until the last second of my Cobra before I remembered to apply for individual coverage. To cover the gap between my Cobra and what would hopefully be my new policy, I purchased month-to-month coverage (but you can only do that for 3 months.)
There's an article in today's USA Today about a former advertising exec for a megga agency who was laid off, so he took a job at Starbuck's to make sure he had health insurance for his family. (o/t He learned a lot about himself and life while working there, that he wrote a book, that is being made into a movie staring Tom Hanks. The book deal was worth six figures, but he's still working at Starbuck's because he likes it so much.)
Back on topic...to the OP, if you can go on Cobra, you should...