It\u2019s not only a cost saving measure in these tough economic times, it\u2019s also a health tip recommended by California Health Insurance<\/a> Agents.<\/p>\n Sam Mason had recently been laid off from Escondido\u2019s Hog Heaven pig farm. \u201cWorking there saved my bacon,\u201d the somewhat virile father of seventeen often said as he reminisced. His wife, Alicia, had lost her job too, at the nearby Rude Awakening Agnostic Pre-School, where she\u2019d worked part-time Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, sans benefits. Sam had also lost his health insurance, which had been part of the pig farm\u2019s benefit package. He\u2019d had a PPO with a $50.00 deductible. The premium was $1,460.00 a month under the pig farm\u2019s rather demeaning \u201crunt plan,\u201d but Hog Heaven picked up all but 10% so he\u2019d allowed the unintended slight to pass. Being laid off meant COBRA if he wanted it, but he didn\u2019t because 102% in his case would soon turn (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s not only a cost saving measure in these tough economic times, it\u2019s also a health tip recommended by California Health Insurance Agents. Sam Mason had recently been laid off from Escondido\u2019s Hog Heaven pig farm. \u201cWorking there saved my…<\/span><\/p>\n