AmazingAtheist94
AmazingAtheist94 t1_iua3jo9 wrote
Reply to comment by Jr712 in Starting a new job in Nov or Dec. Family has high medical costs and we've met our OOP max this year. Am I best off using COBRA until EOY? by Jr712
You only pay for it if you end up using it.
COBRA allows you to retroactively opt-in throughout the 60 day window; if you had a heart attack on the 59th day, you could decide you wanted to opt-in and you'd effectively be covered for those previous 58 days.
However, you will have to pay the premiums for that entire window to essentially bring your balance to current..and you're paying your AND the employer's cost, so it's a little pricey.
AmazingAtheist94 t1_jawayyp wrote
Reply to comment by tauntonlake in What would you say are some underated books by well-kown authors? by [deleted]
Steinbeck has a lot of unerrated works.
Once There Was a War is his other major nonfiction work, it's a compendium of his columns as a war correspondent during WWII.
In Dubious Battle is my favorite of his novels. It's an early one, it's not as polished as his later works he's known for, but it's a solid story on it's own and fascinating to read in relation to the themes of The Grapes of Wrath. It's almost like a trial run for Grapes.