COBRA costs more than my rent, what did you do? (Omaha)

I just got my COBRA paperwork and the deadline to decide is close. Any experience at all would help. My old employer will not help with the premium.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

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