Is COBRA worth it after a layoff? - 13 months and counting

I was offered COBRA and the monthly cost is more than I expected as a data-entry clerk. I saw that marketplace plans might cost less. How did you decide?

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

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 13 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.