EBIA Weekly Archives - COBRA
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- Health Plan Insurer Could Not Terminate COBRA Coverage When Qualified Beneficiary Became Covered Under Medicaid
- From the February 12, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- A mother sued her health plan insurer after it denied medical benefits for her minor son, who incurred overwhelming medical expenses after a near drowning accident. The son was a COBRA qualified beneficiary who had elected COBRA coverage under the ...
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- White House Asks Agencies to Delay Publication, Effective Dates of Regulations Pending Review
- From the January 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- On Inauguration Day, President Obama’s Chief of Staff issued a memorandum to executive department agencies and heads, advising them of the President’s plan for managing the Federal regulatory process so as to give his appointees and ...
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- Retirees Offered Retiree Coverage Different From Active Coverage Experience a COBRA Loss of Coverage That Triggered Obligation to Provide Election Notices
- From the January 15, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This case involved a group of hospital employees, who retired early with health coverage that was to be 100% employer-paid until age 65 but that terminated when the hospital was later sold. Although the problem was corrected (and unreimbursed ...
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- No Award Where Qualified Beneficiary Suffered No Actual Harm From Late Election Notice Because He Could Not Afford COBRA
- From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- After a medical leave of absence, the employee in this case was terminated and was offered long-term disability based on the employer’s assessment that he was unable to return to work. The employee sued the employer on ...
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- Date Employee on Leave of Absence Lost Coverage Could Not Be Determined Without Trial
- From the December 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- After reviewing an all-too-typical set of events, the court in this case concluded that an employer may have failed to comply with COBRA even though it continued an injured employee’s coverage for almost three years after ...
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- Can our former employee who is on COBRA enroll her spouse, child, and newborn in our health plan in the middle of the plan year?
- From the December 11, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We have a former employee who is currently on COBRA. She is married, has a child, and is pregnant. Her spouse and child were not covered under our plan while she was employed with our company. (They declined coverage ...
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- Hospital Not Entitled to Notification That Participant Was in COBRA Election Period
- From the December 11, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The hospital in this case, an assignee of an HMO participant, brought COBRA and state-law negligent misrepresentation claims against the HMO and the participant’s former employer, asking for reimbursement for medical services it had provided to the ...
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- Do we have to offer COBRA to an employee who was terminated for excessive personal use of the Internet?
- From the November 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We just terminated an employee for excessive personal use of the Internet. Do we have to offer COBRA to this individual? ANSWER: Probably. Although the COBRA triggering event of termination of employment provides an exception for termination because of &#...
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- Court Reverses Award of Penalties (Again)
- From the November 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The disabled employee in this case continued to receive employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for himself and his wife for more than two years after he stopped working. (It was not clear why the coverage continued that long or when ...
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- DOL's Final FMLA Regulations Expand Upon Qualifying Exigency and Covered Servicemember Leaves, and Much More!
- From the November 20, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has finalized its FMLA regulations. Proposed changes to the original regulations (which date back to 1995) were issued in February 2008 (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19296 (Premium Access subscription required)). The ...
