Travis Software Official Blog

All of us at Travis hope you’ve had a wonderful Holiday Season and are looking forward to a great New Year. As we do each year at this time, we want to give you the days in 2010 when Travis offices will be closed for holidays.

President Obama signed an extension and expansion of the COBRA premium subsidy into law on December 19th, giving existing COBRA qualified beneficiaries who had qualified as Assistance Eligible Individuals (AEIs) an opportunity to receive as many as six months of additional premium subsidy, and providing new QBs with up to 15 months of the 65% subsidy.

Now that the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 2010 DODAA, 2010, or H.R. 3326)has passed the Senate, Congress has given a Christmas gift to several hundred thousand existing COBRA qualifying beneficiaries and to others who lose their coverage during the first two months of 2010. An extension of the 65% ARRA subsidy of COBRA premiums from nine to fifteen months, and possible eligibility for the subsidy to those who have COBRA qualifying events of termination through February 28, 2010.

With the latest application update to WebCOBRA.com, users can now generate a letter that will inform a QB that they have applied for TAA and will give them further information about HCTC.

While Congress is considering extending the COBRA Premium subsidy provided by ARRA there remains the possibility that January 1, 2010 will come and go without ARRA being extended. If no extension is enacted, those who have qualifying events in 2010 will not be eligible to become Assistance Eligible Individuals (AEIs) under ARRA, as ARRA only provides for subsidy for those who have qualifying events between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009.