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You can keep your health insurance coverage after leaving your job


Many people think that once they leave a job they are no longer entitled to continue using the health insurance benefits associated with it. However, in 1986, Congress passed a law called the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) that allows many employees to continue their health coverage even after they leave their job.

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