Or something else for healthcare? I haven't been affected, I'm just curious.
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@be only if you anticipate having income between $0 and 50K. I retired and am doing a Roth conversion of my 401K. The tax consequence would be huge.
Yeah, go for Obamacare
You have 2 months to retroactively get COBRA. So, you can wait and see if you need it and pay the past due monthly payments. For example, if you are generally healthy and don't need it, I would say save your money. If, God forbid, something serious comes up and you are hospitalized or need an urgent procedure then you can activate COBRA. That is only offerred for 2 months.
Or (as someone else mentioned) check the government one: healthcare.gov
COBRA was cheaper for me and only needed to have it for 10 months till 65.
I retired but COBRA was outrageous. Settled for BCBS which at $1,800/mth is still outrageous. Sigh. Got two years to bridge to Medicare.
Try Healthcare.gov ACA. Cobra is outrageous.