Did You Know? - Health Insurance Fact: Losing a job, or quitting voluntarily, can mean losing affordable coverage - not only for the worker but also for their entire family. Only seven percent of the unemployed can afford to pay for COBRA health insurance - the continuation of group coverage offered by their former employers. Premiums for this coverage average almost $700 a month for family coverage and $250 for individual coverage, a very high price given the average $1,100 monthly unemployment check .
Doctor's Realm Quote of the day: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. -- World Health Organization, 1948