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United States Department of Labor EBSA – COBRA Continuation Coverage Assistance Under The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009 Update

Technorati Tags: COBRA,ARRA,Continuation,Health Insurance   The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted the following related to preexisting condition exclusions, lifetime and annual limits, rescissions and patient protections under the Affordable Care Act: Interim Final Regulation, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-15278_PI.pdf Fact Sheet, available at http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/new_patients_bill_of_rights.html

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Webinar: “New ARRA Extension Created By Congress”

Join eCOBRA for A One-hour Webinar on the New ARRA Extension On Saturday, December 19, the Senate passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act. This Act includes an extension of the ARRA COBRA subsidy for qualified individuals.   In this Webinar, our COBRA experts will walk you through the requirements for employers, brokers, and health plans and discuss [...]

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HIPAA Alert-Stimulus Bill Dramatically Modifies HIPAA Rules — Business Associates and Covered Entities Must Address New Requirements

google Tags: News, Breaking News google Tags: COBRA, COBRA Stimulus Package, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Oversight, Employee Benefits February 17, 2009 By John Barlament, JD. Michael Best & Friedrich The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the “Act”; also informally known as the “Stimulus Bill”) was signed into law by President [...]

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How does the new COBRA rules affect State "mini" COBRA?

By Ric Joyner google Tags: COBRA, Barack Obama, ecomonic stimulus, news, heatlh insurance, agents, brokers, employers  Don’t forget eflex seminar on the new rules Feb 26th at 2.00 pm Central click here to register Question from agent: Ric, I have a question about the COBRA subsidy, here in FL we have “mini COBRA” for groups [...]

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COBRA and Benefits Legislative Revisions – Final Language

google Tags: Health Insurance, Employee Benefits, COBRA, News, Breaking News, Employer, Employee, Economic Stimulus Package, Barack Obama We hare having a seminar on the 26th of Feb to cover Employer Requirements Employers grab your wallets! New COBRA regs take effect 3-1-09! How do the new COBRA employer funding requirements in the new stimulus package affect [...]

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Employers Grab Your wallets: 60% Employers to fund COBRA for termed and laid off employees!

Late yesterday we received word that the House-Senate conference committee had reached a compromise on the economic stimulus bill.  Although some members of Congress have attempted to scuttle the deal, it appears that the House is set to vote upon the compromise bill as early as this afternoon, with the Senate to follow on Friday.  As [...]

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