Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism UK Cabinet Office Briefing Room A
  • initialism US (law) Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word COBRA.

Examples

  • Users can share battle strategies and talk about the game on the EA forums, visit the official G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra movie site, sign up for the G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra newsletter to get classified intelligence in real time, get their own G.I. JOE or COBRA badge to show their allegiance on Facebook and MySpace, and battle ninjas and defend their base from COBRA in G.I. JOE mini-games (coming soon).

    AskMen.com - HOME PAGE 2009

  • Users can share battle strategies and talk about the game on the EA forums, visit the official G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra movie site, sign up for the G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra newsletter to get classified intelligence in real time, get their own G.I. JOE or COBRA badge to show their allegiance on Facebook and MySpace, and battle ninjas and defend their base from COBRA in G.I. JOE mini-games (coming soon).

    AskMen.com - HOME PAGE 2009

  • 65% Cobra health insurance subsidy through May 31. is calling on Congress pass a stand-alone unemployment insurance and COBRA extension through the end of 2010.

    About.com Job Searching 2010

  • 65% Cobra health insurance subsidy through May 31. is calling on Congress pass a stand-alone unemployment insurance and COBRA extension through the end of 2010.

    About.com Job Searching 2010

  • Unfortunately, the COBRA is at least $250/month which is prohibitively expensive for a student like myself.

    Mc-Allen-Monterrey, a dog, and a Celica 1919

  • Some unemployed workers who didn't enroll in COBRA may have been ineligible because they had access to a spouse's employer-provided plan, says Alan Krueger, Treasury's chief economist.

    Many who lost jobs used COBRA subsidy, kept insurance 2010

  • I have checked into COBRA, however, without a job, COBRA is too expensive.

    Baucus plans changes to his own health care proposal 2009

  • COBRA is designed as temporary insurance — a bridge insurance to carry you from one job to another — not as a lifelong insurance.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2009 » May 2009

  • COBRA is often far more expensive than simply buying health insurance on the open market.

    Matthew Yglesias » Stimulus Update 2009

  • You want to know what the “R” in COBRA stands for?

    Think Progress » Kyl: ‘Reconciliation Is A Perfectly Legitimate Legislative Process To Deal With Budgetary Matters’ 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.