If you think you are entitled to COBRA premium assistance, but were denied by your former employer, a new website- www.ContinuationCoverage.net and helpline (1-866-400-6689) is here to help- it allows you to request an expedited review of your case.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides a 65% reduction in the premiums payable by involuntarily terminated workers and their families for health care continuation coverage under COBRA.
Premium assistance applies to periods of continuation coverage beginning on or after February 17, 2009, and lasts up to nine months.
Workers who have been involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009 and their families are eligible. The subsidy ends when the worker is offered any new employer-sponsored health care coverage or becomes eligible for Medicare.
Workers who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and February 16, 2009, but who failed to elect COBRA coverage at that time, or who elected COBRA after September 1, 2008, but let it drop, will have an additional 60 days after employer notifications are released to chose COBRA and receive the subsidy.
For more information:
Help for Unemployed Workers to Appeal Denials of COBRA Premium Assistance Under Recovery Act
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