Of course, Faux may not be reporting that, what with the more important story about how they may get to dance on all the Kennedys graves....

And COBRA already allows people to take insurance with them for a while after they leave, if at too high a price currently. The proposals floated to "allow" people to continue coverage are driven by an insurance lobby who wanted companies to be able to lock in policy holders so that even if they find a better deal than they've got they can't legally switch. It's not so people can take insurance with them, it's so they can't escape a horrible insurer (I almost said "private insurer" but that's the only kind we have unless you're >65. ) They didn't get that, but they are getting a helluva lot out of this bill; it's the biggest private subsidy since the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

It's a crap bill, but it's the only one the table, which is the only reason the leaders of the "left" insist we have to take it. I was on board with that for a while, willing to stomach a lot of the things I disliked about the bill, until they removed every last one of its benefits except the insurance exchanges. Now it's a net negative (by a large amount) that actually makes the status quo look GOOD by comparison, so I guess, on this bill, I'm a conservative.