EBIA Weekly Archives - COBRA
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- When is a qualified beneficiary considered entitled to Medicare for purposes of terminating COBRA coverage early?
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We understand that our group health plan can terminate a qualified beneficiary’s COBRA coverage early if he or she becomes entitled to Medicare after electing COBRA. When is a qualified beneficiary considered to be entitled to Medicare? ...
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- DOL Releases Statistics on ERISA Benefit Plan Enforcement, Including COBRA Subsidy Statistics, for Fiscal Year 2009
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the agency that enforces Title I of ERISA, has released a Fact Sheet reflecting its fiscal year (FY) 2009 enforcement statistics. According to the Fact Sheet, the DOL’s total ...
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- Legislation Extends COBRA Premium Subsidy Program One Month and Makes Subsidy Available for Certain Reductions of Hours
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Congress has passed, and the President has signed, the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Extension Act) which again extends and makes other changes to the COBRA premium subsidy program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). (...
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- COBRA Election Notice Presumed Received Based on Date-Stamped Evidence of Mailing by U. S. Postal Service
- From the February 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was terminated after he didn’t return from leave taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The employee sued his employer alleging that it had interfered with his right to FMLA leave ...
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- No COBRA Election Notice Was Required for Employee Who Canceled Her Insurance Coverage Shortly Before She Was Terminated
- From the February 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case was in a car accident before she was able to complete the 90-day waiting period for eligibility under her employer’s health plan. Nevertheless, the employer permitted the employee to enroll in its ...
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- DOL Posts Updated Application and Instructions for Expedited Review of Denial of COBRA Subsidy
- From the February 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has posted on its website an updated application and instructions to be used by individuals to request that the DOL review a denial of a COBRA premium subsidy. The COBRA premium subsidy, which was originally created by the ...
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- Penalties Awarded for Election Notice That Misstated Date of Qualifying Event and Date Existing Coverage Would Terminate
- From the February 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The central factual issue in this long-running employment dispute was the date of the employee’s job termination, which controlled the date his employer-provided health insurance should have ended. The employer claimed that the employee (a commissioned ...
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- IRS Issues New Form 8928 on Excise Taxes for Failures to Comply With HSA Comparability, COBRA, HIPAA, and Other Group Health Plan Mandates
- From the February 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the final version of Form 8928, a new reporting form provided for in IRS excise tax regulations finalized in September 2009. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand article.) Here are some highlights: Violations Triggering Excise Taxes. The Instructions ...
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- IRS Explains How ARRA Premium Subsidy Affects Deductibility of COBRA Premiums
- From the January 28, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- This information letter responds to an inquiry about the deductibility of COBRA premiums. The letter explains that an individual may deduct medical expenses paid for qualified medical care, to the extent that these expenses exceed 7.5% of the individual&#...
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- DOL Posts COBRA Premium Subsidy Extension Webcast, Providing New Information on Coverage Changed at Open Enrollment and More
- From the January 28, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has posted on its website an archived copy of its January 22, 2010 compliance assistance webcast on the COBRA premium subsidy as extended by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 (2010 DoD Act). By way of ...
