Tag: COBRA premiums

Time Is Running Out to Comply with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

By Francis M. Drelling, Esq., General Counsel, Law Offices of Francis M. Drelling May 19, 2021 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: May 19, 2021

On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) became law in the United States. Provisions of this law state that employers are now required to pay a 100% subsidy of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage premiums for certain people during the period of April 1, 2021, through […]

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COBRA Continuation Coverage: Who Pays?

By Jennifer Carsen, J.D., Senior Legal Editor Mar 6, 2018 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Mar 6, 2018

Most employers are aware that the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires group health plans sponsored by covered employers to allow qualified beneficiaries to have “COBRA continuation coverage” in the event that they lose group health plan coverage for specified reasons.

TPA Faces ERISA Benefits Denial Claim for Improperly Raising COBRA Premium

By Gwen Cofield, Contributing Editor Jan 30, 2014 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 30, 2014

A third-party administrator that poorly communicated a COBRA premium rate increase ­— which in any case was likely prohibited under COBRA’s rules — is being sued for ERISA benefits denial and state-law promissory estoppel claims. The TPA instituted the premium change but did not provide clear written notice of it as required under plan terms. […]