EBIA Weekly Archives - COBRA
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- IRS Posts More Q&As on COBRA Premium Assistance Subsidy
- From the June 11, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has posted on its website additional questions and answers (Q&As) relating to the COBRA premium subsidy enacted pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). ARRA created rights to COBRA premium assistance for ...
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- Employee's COBRA Notice Claim Dismissed Because Employer Offered Sufficient Evidence That Notice Was Properly Sent
- From the June 04, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- As one of many allegations in this employment lawsuit, the employee claimed that his former employer failed to provide a COBRA election notice after the employee was terminated. In response, the employer argued that it had complied with its notice ...
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- CMS Posts Form and Instructions for Requesting Expedited Review of COBRA Premium Assistance Denial
- From the June 04, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has posted on its website the form and instructions to be used by individuals who think they qualify for COBRA premium assistance and wish to have their denial of premium assistance reviewed by CMS. As background, the American Recovery ...
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- Court Finds No COBRA Qualifying Event Where Health Insurance Was Canceled Due to Employer's Non-Payment of Premiums
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case sued his former employer in state court, alleging that the employer breached an employment agreement by terminating the employee’s health coverage about two months before the employee terminated employment. In documents originally filed ...
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- Employer Loses Bid to Avoid Trial on Alleged Failure to Provide COBRA Initial and Election Notices
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- An employee voluntarily resigned and then brought numerous claims against his employer, including claims that the employer never provided COBRA initial notices (to him or his spouse) while he was employed or COBRA election notices (to him, his spouse, or ...
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- Is a health plan that covers only independent contractors subject to COBRA?
- From the May 21, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company sponsors two separate health plans, one for our common-law employees and one for certain independent contractors that provide services to us. Is the health plan that covers only independent contractors subject to COBRA? ANSWER: Yes. Under ...
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- Election Notice Sent to Last-Known Address of Employee Terminated After Medical Leave Complied With COBRA
- From the May 21, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case, who worked in the stockroom of a shoe store, took repeated leaves of absence after he was injured when a ladder fell and hit him on the head while he was working. He was eventually ...
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- DOL Posts Application and Instructions for Employees to Request Review of COBRA Premium Reduction Denial
- From the May 21, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has posted on its website the application and instructions to be used by individuals to request that the DOL review a denial of COBRA premium reduction. By way of background, the COBRA premium subsidy created by the American ...
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- COBRA Notice Was Sufficient Despite Employee's Claim That He Never Received It
- From the May 14, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- A terminated employee brought numerous claims against his employer, including a claim that his employer did not provide a COBRA election notice when he was terminated. The employer maintained that a COBRA election notice was timely mailed to the employee ...
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- COBRA Initial Notice Provided to New Employee Within 19 Days of Becoming Covered by Group Health Plan Was Timely
- From the May 07, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- Along with several other claims asserted in this employment dispute, the employee alleged that his former employer had not provided a timely COBRA initial notice and that his enrollment date under the employer’s health plan should have occurred ...
