If they can even afford COBRA. Most can't. Lots of people end up either dropping their insurance altogether or buying individual plans that are cheaper than COBRA but offer very little useful coverage.
As I've said before, private industry has this thing completely hosed. They're not going to fix it. They're going to make it worse. The time has come for the government to at least try and fix it. The system is so messed up at this point that there's very little chance the government can make it any worse, while there's a very real chance that they can make it at least marginally better. I'm willing to spend the money to find out. I'd far rather spend money trying to give people good health care than spend it burning up towns and mowing down "terrorists" in other countries.
