[macquire]

Valid question: Why DO companies and the government make you wait until the first of the month following 30 days employment anyway.

I would have thought this would have been an item that would easily be changed and since we worry about the 50 million uninsured, a large part of that number ARE these people inbetween jobs waiting for coverage.

This means new employees have to worry about a gap in coverage when leaving old employment unless they play the COBRA game - which is not paying the premium UNLESS you have an illness or claim.

[Wolfie]

The gap is for FORCE people to buy COBRA. They want that money too.

[pnh102]

Valid question: Why DO companies and the government make you wait until the first of the month following 30 days employment anyway.

Probably so that people don't get jobs with insurance from day one, submit for a massive claim, and then leave?