Mini Cobra and State Continuation Updates
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Topics: mini cobra, travis cobra, webcobra
States are continuing to enact legislation affecting State Continuation and Mini Cobra and to support our customers, we updated our software in preparation. The following States have changed their coverage options, and we have modified WebCOBRA.com and TravisCobra to reflect these changes:
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Travis COBRA is available to download with the latest State Continuation Updates!
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Topics: state continuation, traviscobra
States are continuing to enact legislation affecting State Continuation and Mini Cobra and to support our customers we updated our software in preparation. The following States have changed their coverage options:
Illinois
Illinois mini cobra has been extended to 12 months of continuous coverage from the FDLOC for events such as Termination and Reduced hours.
Oregon
Oregon mini cobra and State Continuation enhancements have been implemented for events occurring between 09/01/2008 – 12/31/2009. Mini Cobra for Oregon will now offer 9 months of coverage from the FDLOC for the following events:
• Termination- 31 day election period
• dependents loss of coverage due to employees death – 60 day election window, 45 day payment grace
• divorce – 60 day election window, 45 day payment grace
Ohio
Ohio Mini Cobra have also decided to offer a 12 month coverage period from the FDLOC for the following event that occurred between 04/01/2009 – 12/31/2009.
• Termination- 31 day election period
Virginia
Virginia State QB’s enrolled in State Mini cobra are now eligible to receive a total of 9 months coverage period from the FDLOC for events occurring between 09/01/2008 – 12/31/2009.
• Termination- 60 day election period
To inquire about any of these State mandated changes please refer to each State’s Insurance website or find out who to contact at this site.
Latest ARRA Enhancements now available in WebCOBRA.com!
Category: 2009 Stimulus, New Features
Topics: arra, webcobra
• Unless Congress acts, the last ARRA-eligible qualifying events are coming soon and WebCOBRA.com has been modified to ensure that you can successfully administer this transition. A new letter named ARRA Subsidy Termination Notice has been added to WebCOBRA.com and can be accessed in the Internet Word Processor for those customers that would like to customize the letter. This letter automatically generates when an AEI’s ARRA subsidy is within 30 days of the final month of benefit (the 9th month of his/her ARRA subsidy). The ARRA Subsidy Termination Notice will also inform the Qualified Beneficiary of their total COBRA premium without the ARRA subsidy.
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