tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592935760351188044.post6612755199415744606..comments2023-06-24T06:28:26.465-05:00Comments on Boomer Woman Blog: HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ActMary Boldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158557821399037664noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592935760351188044.post-61226890679054038102008-09-18T09:10:00.000-05:002008-09-18T09:10:00.000-05:00You've made a broad claim that may work for you, b...You've made a broad claim that may work for you, but could create a hardship for the person who has not researched as much as you have (for your personal application). HIPAA does protect moves to individual plans; but sometimes when the <I>previous</I> plan was individual, that can be problematic. As you research your own options, you may well know precisely what you need or don't need from HIPAA; you may well be able to skip COBRA bridging entirely. Great! But the power of those decisions resides in personalized research for your circumstances. Guard against assumptions. And definitely watch the number of days that constitute break in coverage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592935760351188044.post-20269376169864297552008-09-18T08:20:00.000-05:002008-09-18T08:20:00.000-05:00HIPAA and Cobra mean absolutely nothing and are wo...HIPAA and Cobra mean absolutely nothing and are worthless when moving from a group policy to an individual policy. I say, save your money and forgo Cobra.E Melanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954364009385391625noreply@blogger.com