Health insurance gap after a layoff after 10 years as a machine operator

My employer coverage ended at the end of the month and I am trying to work out what to do as a machine operator. It has been a long 7 weeks. The COBRA notice arrived with a very high price.

A free navigator at a community health centre walked me through my options. It took an hour and saved me a lot of guessing.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 8 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.