> look forward to a year's wait at the job before you can get covered.
No. It's wait a year before the company pays your premium. In every company I've ever been at you can pay it yourself from day one if you like.
It's a monetary bonus. It has nothing whatsoever to do with availability of insurance.
> you absolutely should be able to quit your job for whatever the hell reason you want without ending up uninsured.
Perhaps you (and from the mods, most of the readers) are not aware that you can. It's called COBRA. You have to pay the premiums yourself, but it doesn't cost any extra. While you were working it came out of your salary, now it comes out of your saving (or your new job).
No. It's wait a year before the company pays your premium. In every company I've ever been at you can pay it yourself from day one if you like.
It's a monetary bonus. It has nothing whatsoever to do with availability of insurance.
> you absolutely should be able to quit your job for whatever the hell reason you want without ending up uninsured.
Perhaps you (and from the mods, most of the readers) are not aware that you can. It's called COBRA. You have to pay the premiums yourself, but it doesn't cost any extra. While you were working it came out of your salary, now it comes out of your saving (or your new job).