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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours worked ...
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Explore COBRA continuation coverage options, eligibility, and benefits for workers, families, and advisers under HIPAA regulations.
You may qualify to keep your health coverage with COBRA. If you’ve lost your job or had your hours reduced, there are options available to workers and their families to maintain health coverage, including the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA.
Zgodnie z COBRA, niektórzy emeryci i członkowie ich rodzin, którzy otrzymują ubezpieczenie zdrowotne od pracodawców po przejściu na emeryturę, mają specjalne prawa COBRA w przypadku, gdy pracodawca prowadzi postępowanie upadłościowe rozpoczęte 1 lipca 1986 r. lub z późniejszą datą.
Under COBRA, the continuation coverage must be offered to covered employees, former employees, spouses, former spouses, and dependent children. If you elect continuation coverage, employers may require you to pay the full cost of the coverage, plus a 2 percent administration charge.
For more information on how entitlement to Medicare impacts the length of COBRA coverage, contact the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration at. askebsa.dol.gov or by calling 1-866-444-3272. For other qualifying events, qualified beneficiaries must be provided 36 months of continuation coverage.
COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, lets qualified workers keep their group health insurance for a limited time after a change in eligibility.