Benefits Alert - COBRA Subsidy Extended Again

March 17, 2010

The COBRA premium subsidy program was first enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to provide temporary COBRA and state law health continuation coverage premium assistance, for a period of up to nine months, for individuals who were involuntarily terminated from employment and became eligible for COBRA during the period from September 1, 2008, through December 31, 2009.   The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 extended the maximum subsidy period from nine months to 15 months and the eligibility period through February 28, 2010.  Once again, Congress has extended and expanded the COBRA premium subsidy program under the “Temporary Extension Act of 2010” (Act). document

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