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- Do we have to send an overdue premium notice to a qualified beneficiary whose COBRA premium is late?
- From the May 06, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: If we have a qualified beneficiary whose COBRA premium payment is late, do we need to send her a letter or some sort of notice informing her that her premium is overdue? ANSWER: No. If a qualified beneficiary fails ...
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- DOL Updates Subsidy Notices for Changes Made by Continuing Extension Act
- From the April 29, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has issued revised model COBRA notices to reflect changes made by the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (CEA), which extended the eligibility period for the COBRA premium subsidy through May 31, 2010. (For more information on CEA, see ...
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- Legislation Extends Eligibility Period for COBRA Premium Subsidy Until May 31, 2010
- From the April 22, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Congress has passed, and the President has signed, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (CEA), which again extends the COBRA premium subsidy program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). (For more information on ARRA, as ...
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- DOL Posts FAQs Addressing the Effect of Health Care Reform on COBRA
- From the April 22, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s webpage on health care reform (see our Checkpoint Newsstand article) now contains a page of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about health care reform and COBRA. Three of the four questions ask about specific COBRA issues: (1) ...
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- Do we have to send a notice of termination of COBRA coverage to a former employee who has notified us that she plans to cancel coverage?
- From the April 01, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We had a former employee on COBRA notify us in writing that she plans to cancel her COBRA coverage effective at the end of the month. Do we still have to send her a notice of termination of COBRA ...
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- COBRA Election Notice Mailed to Employee's Last-Known Address Constituted Sufficient Proof That It Was Provided
- From the April 01, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- In an employment discrimination dispute, the employee in this case alleged, among other things, that her employer failed to notify her of her right to elect COBRA after she was terminated. While noting that the Ninth Circuit had not addressed ...
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- DOL Posts New FAQs on the Latest COBRA Premium Subsidy Extension
- From the March 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has posted new FAQs that address the changes made by the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (TEA), which recently (1) extended the eligibility period for the COBRA premium subsidy through March 31, 2010; and (2) amended the definition ...
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- Claim for Failure to Provide COBRA Notice Should Have Been Brought Under PHSA, Not ERISA
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case took FMLA leave. When she left, her work as payroll supervisor for a school was up-to-date, but when she returned from leave, she found that employee benefits reconciliations had not been completed in ...
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- DOL Posts New and Updated COBRA Premium Subsidy Notices; Updates Fact Sheet
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has updated its COBRA Premium Reduction Fact Sheet and issued new and revised model COBRA notices that incorporate the changes made by the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (TEA), which recently extended through March 31, 2010 the eligibility ...
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- No Disability Extension for Employee Who Failed to Give Timely Notice of SSA Determination
- From the March 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was terminated a year after a nonwork-related disabling injury, and he and his spouse elected and paid for COBRA coverage for 18 months. The insurer for the employer’s group health plan accepted ...
