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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Employers should be busy preparing tailored COBRA continuation coverage notices for certain individuals, addressing complicated election and altered COBRA premium topics that took effect only in recent weeks. Below, we offer practical summaries and specific timing suggestions for the anxiously awaited model notices that have now been released. Notices will soon reach Americans who could receive up to six months of free COBRA coverage after having lost their active employee coverage within a certain time frame due to either an involu...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As discussed in a previous alert, The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides 100% subsidized premiums for health care continuation coverage under COBRA for eligible individuals and their dependents.   The subsidized premiums are available from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 (the “Premium Assistance Period”), unless earlier terminated as discussed below. The Department of Labor (DOL) was charged with preparing model notices for employers, plan administrators, or insurance companies to send to eligible individuals, a...

The U.S. Department of Labor has released eagerly-anticipated model notices and FAQ guidance in connection with the COBRA subsidy available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).