does dropping cobra insurance affect new insurance company 6 months do

[Guest john fuhr]

my husband is switching jobs and his last day was today, his insurance runs out tommorrow and we elected not to carry his cobra insurance ,but found a short term insurance policy that we can carry for 6 months (until his new insurance will kick in, after about 4months of working.) the policy has a big deductable and it doesn't cover pre -excisting illnesses. is that going to be a problem when we start our new insurance since it will be over 60 days from carring our cobra plan. I heard today that if this short term does not cover pre-excisting-then our new job insurance does not have to either. does that make sence thanks your help would be wonderful since we are running out of time. thanks pam