COBRA costs more than my rent, what did you do? - any advice?

The COBRA quote for my family is $950 a month and I do not know how to afford it. I worked as a recruiter before this. I saw that marketplace plans might cost less. Did anyone switch mid-year?

If you have a planned treatment, COBRA can make sense for a few months. Otherwise look at the marketplace first.

A quick call to the plan's member line cleared up two things for us that the letter did not.