COBRA insurance is such a fucking scam [View All]

I have been paying $360 a month for the priveledge of keeping my decent health insurance from my last perm job that I left last December. Well in the year I have been doing it my old company has changed carriers of COBRA twice and both times, I have gotten lost..ie my health carrier considers me not covered. The first time was bad enough because I didn't know where to send my payments. This time I have been sending my fucking payments in, yet since the end of Sept (when the carrier switched) I have been considered "not covered". Yet LAST month I got my prescription meds no fuss at all. Yet this month United Health Care says I am not covered?!:wtf:
On top of that I have a chronic disease and I have an appointment with my hematologist on Tuesday. I can't afford to go if I don'thave insurance. AAAGH! I know that I have to get in touch with my old employer but I was not happy shelling out $230 that I did not expect when I am on a tight monetary budget at the moment...
I think insurance companies are blood sucking leeches and incompetant to boot.:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: