What your employer obliges you to pay directly is arbitrary. What matters is what percentage of your total compensation from your employer is healthcare costs.
I highly doubt that number is only 2.5%.
I highly doubt that number is only 2.5%.
The COBRA monthly pricetag is $2093.
While employed (at this Fortune 300 company's San Jose, CA office), I was paying $425 per month out of pocket for the same set of plans.
[1] https://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/factsheet/medical-care-premiums-...