COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: how people need it and resent it at the same time. With people losing their jobs and getting laid off left and right this year, the special provisions of this rule help people basically buy medical insurance from the employers they used to work for, and they lovingly call this COBRA medical insurance in honor of the law passed under Ronald Reagan that makes this possible, the government is said to help its people get the chance of buying medical insurance from their past employers. It is primarily meant for people who are unable to match the age specifications being fixed by Medicaid. However, this aid often reminds them of those times wherein they feel that they are being tagged of using it like food stamps.