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- What health FSAs qualify for the special COBRA limited obligation?
- From the April 21, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our cafeteria plan includes a health FSA under which each participant elects a coverage amount for the year and pays for it with pre-tax contributions (total annual contributions equal the annual elected coverage amount). Although our health FSA ...
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- When and how must a notice of termination of COBRA coverage be provided?
- From the March 24, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: In an effort to administer COBRA as economically as possible, we do not send bills for COBRA premiums, nor do we provide reminders when COBRA premiums are late. If a qualified beneficiary's COBRA premium for a given month ...
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- Must our group health plan provide COBRA coverage to a spouse who loses coverage because of a divorce if we receive notice of the divorce more than 60 days after the date of the divorce?
- From the February 10, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our health plan provides that a participant's ex-spouse loses coverage on the date of the divorce (at which time COBRA is offered). We recently learned that an employee was divorced six months ago but did not notify ...
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- What method should we use to provide initial COBRA notices to covered employees and covered spouses?
- From the January 27, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We know that an initial COBRA notice must be provided to covered employees and covered spouses when their coverage commences. What is the best way to do this? Should we just hand a copy of the initial notice to ...
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- What records do we have to retain for our ERISA plans, and for how long?
- From the January 06, 2005 EBIA Weekly
- Please see the updated Question of the Week....
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- When must a plan provide extended COBRA coverage because of a qualified beneficiary's disability?
- From the November 04, 2004 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: A recently terminated employee has elected COBRA for himself, his spouse, and his children. He notified us within a month after his termination that his spouse is disabled, that the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued a disability determination to ...
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- When must our initial COBRA notices be provided?
- From the September 23, 2004 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our group health plan is subject to COBRA. When must our initial COBRA notices be provided? ANSWER: An initial COBRA notice must be provided "at the time of commencement of coverage under the plan" to "each covered employee and ...
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- How do the DOL's final COBRA regulations affect our group health plan's SPD disclosures?
- From the September 09, 2004 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We are in the midst of preparing an updated SPD for our company's group health plan. Do the DOL's final COBRA regulations require any SPD disclosures that we need to add to our document? ANSWER: The DOL'...
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- Does a plan have to extend the HIPAA special enrollment period until the end of an individual's COBRA election period?
- From the May 13, 2004 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: An employee with employee-only coverage under our company's major medical plan has informed us that her husband will lose his employer-provided group health coverage at the end of May due to a termination of employment. He ...
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- Must our plan offer COBRA coverage to an individual who retires after becoming entitled to Medicare?
- From the May 06, 2004 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: One of our employees will retire later this month, and she will consequently lose coverage at the end of the month under our company's major medical plan (which is subject to COBRA). She is 66 years old, and ...
