The following are qualifying events for a covered employee if they cause the covered employee to lose coverage: Termination of the employee’s employment for any reason other than “gross misconduct”; ...

Editor’s Note: ARRA 2009 provided a temporary premium subsidy for COBRA continuation coverage for certain unemployed workers. An insured or self-funded group health plan maintained by an employer to ...

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA” or the “Act”), the latest COVID-19 relief bill, into law. Under ARPA, employers will generally be obligated to ...

Danielle Capilla is the vice president of compliance and employee benefits at Alera Group. Views are author's own. Since its passage in 1985, COBRA has allowed qualified individuals who lose their ...

It is a common practice for employers to offer employees a health care flexible spending account (“Health FSA”) option under a cafeteria plan. However, employers (and their COBRA administrators) may ...

Editor’s Note: In response to COVID-19, the IRS and DOL announced an extension of the 60-day COBRA election window discussed below. ARPA also introduced a 100 percent COBRA premium subsidy. See Q for ...

This notice contains information about your rights to COBRA continuation coverage, which is a temporary extension of the University of North Georgia sponsored group insurance coverage under the ...

Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. SUMMARY: These proposed regulations contain amendments to notice requirements of the health care continuation coverage (COBRA) provisions of Part 6 of title I ...

This post summarizes the American Rescue Plan’s final provisions related to the ACA, COBRA, and Medicaid and identifies some of the questions regarding implementation of these first-in-a-decade ACA ...

Life is full of changes. Children grow up, employees retire or change jobs. It's a potentially devastating error to go without insurance during a change in family ...

Life is full of changes. Children grow up, employees retire or change jobs. It's a potentially devastating error to go without insurance during a change in family ...