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- Healthcare Provider May Assert State-Law Claims Against Plan for Failure to Disclose Patient's COBRA Coverage Status
- From the August 21, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- When contacted by a healthcare provider to verify coverage of services for a patient, a representative of the ERISA health plan in this case confirmed that “they were covered.” However, the plan allegedly failed to disclose that the ...
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- Employer Did Not Violate State Law or Employment Agreement When It Withheld COBRA Premiums From Severance Pay
- From the August 14, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- When the terminated employee in this case sued his employer in state court raising numerous employment claims for wages and benefits, he claimed that the employer violated his employment agreement and state law when it withheld COBRA premiums from his ...
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- COBRA Election Notice Not Required for Employee Covered Under Exempt Church Plan
- From the July 31, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case filed suit after her employment as a principal at a church-operated elementary school was terminated. She alleged, among other things, that she had not been given a COBRA election notice. The employer responded that ...
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- COBRA Was Required for Former Employee Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits
- From the July 24, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The employer in this case, a municipal public transit authority, placed a mechanic on short-term disability after he failed to renew a required medical clearance due to his medical condition. When he applied for unemployment compensation, the employer interpreted ...
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- When Employer Is Also Plan Administrator, COBRA Election Notice Deadline Is 44 Days After Employee's Termination
- From the July 15, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was placed on leave due to disputes about his work performance. Afterward, his employer refused to communicate with him regarding his employment status and failed to pay him for the period just before the leave ...
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- No COBRA Liability for Insurer That Terminated Coverage for Nonpayment After Employer Stopped Deducting Premiums
- From the July 10, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- About six weeks after the employee in this case enrolled his family in his employer’s health insurance plan, the employer stopped taking deductions from his pay for the coverage. (The employer had received a state child support notice ...
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- COBRA TPA That Refused Disability Extension Not Liable to Qualified Beneficiary
- From the July 03, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- When COBRA coverage arises from the covered employee’s termination or reduction in hours, the coverage is extended for up to 11 months if a qualified beneficiary is disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act (SSA) during ...
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- COBRA Election Notice Was Required for Employee on Leave for Work-Related Injury
- From the June 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case participated in his employer’s health plan and paid the required contributions for his coverage through monthly payroll deductions. When he took a medical leave of absence due to a work-related injury and ...
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- Loss of Union Status Was Not a COBRA Qualifying Event, Despite Loss of Coverage
- From the May 29, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case sued his union under COBRA after he lost his health insurance coverage when he was deprived of his status as a union delegate and was threatened with expulsion from the union. He argued that the ...
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- Insurer Seeks Indemnification From TPA for Not Providing Timely Notice of Qualified Beneficiary's COBRA Election
- From the April 03, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was terminated after she was unable to return to work because of injuries from a car accident. Later, she sued her employer and its health plan insurer when the insurer failed to pay her medical ...
