Editor’s Note: ARRA 2009 provided a temporary premium subsidy for COBRA continuation coverage for certain unemployed workers. An insured or self-funded group health plan maintained by an employer to ...

Editor’s Note: See Q for a discussion of the special rules that were enacted in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A plan may require a qualified beneficiary to pay a premium for continuation ...

Carolyn McClanahan, CFP, MD, is the founder and president of Life Planning Partners, Inc. She is a contributor to CNBC, Investopedia, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, and a ...

More than 725,000 laid-off workers have lost their health insurance since the economy dipped into a recession in March, a report by the advocacy group Families USA has found, the Columbus Dispatch ...

Employers could save billions next year as some of their former employees opt to discontinue their coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and purchase coverage through the ...

If you lose your health insurance, there are a few options for quickly getting coverage again depending on your situation. Your options for preventing gaps in health insurance coverage include COBRA, ...

Thanks to a very generous federal subsidy of COBRA insurance payments for the unemployed, which ended on May 31, COBRA enrollment of employees laid off by large companies more than doubled, according ...

Temporary federal subsidies that have been underwriting COBRA health insurance coverage for the unemployed are due to expire within weeks, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch. With the ...

The bill establishes a special enrollment period for individuals who are currently enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage or who had been enrolled prior to their COBRA coverage. The conditions ...