Posts Tagged ‘Cobra Coverage’


2009 Stimulus Bill Changes Cobra Plan for Unemployed Workers

As you know employers are required to provide health insurance coverage for 18 months after an employee leaves his job under the Cobra act. What has changed with the Cobra law under the new 2009 stimulus plan from the Obama administration may surprise many people. The provisions embedded in the over $800 billion dollar stimulus [...]

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Health Insurance Coverage – What happens if I leave my job?

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), a law created in 1986, gives workers (and members of their family) who lose their health insurance benefits the right continue their grouphealth insurance for a limited period of time under circumstances such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in hours, transition between jobs, divorce, adoption and [...]

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