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Question of the Week
Q.- I am working for a company that established business on February 2, 2012. The company has 50 employees. If I am terminated from group health plan coverage in December, will I be offered the right to continue my coverage under COBRA?
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Question of the Week
Q.- My doctor suggested that I get a massage to help my lower back pain. Can I get reimbursed from my health FSA for the cost of the massage?
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Question of the Week
Q- We have an Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) with a wrap that supplements CMS Medicare prescription drug coverage. Should we offer a COBRA coverage election for the wrap portion of the EGWP?
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Question of the Week
Q.- We are a small Pennsylvania employer with 10 employees. We are not subject to federal COBRA, but we do have to comply with PA mini-COBRA. Do we have to offer a COBRA continuation coverage election to our employees with a Medicare supplement policy who have a qualifying event?
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Q. Do you have a COBRA brochure or flyer I can give to employees when they are no longer active with our company so they can know about the COBRA rules?
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Question of the Week
Q.- I am preparing my tax return to file on April 16. I participate in a dependent care flexible spending account plan. My I also claim the child care tax credit?
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Question of the Week
An employee on COBRA continuation coverage has a severance arrangement whereby we pay 50% of the cost of his COBRA continuation coverage. Can the 2% administrative charge get assessed on the full COBRA premium or only on the 50% of the premium that he pays?
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Vision Plans and COBRA
Q- Are Vision Plans subject to COBRA continuation coverage requirements?
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Question of the Week
With March Madness upon us, consider answers to some of your college basketball benefits questions.
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Question of the Week
Q- I am traveling to Ireland to kiss the Blarney Stone and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I plan to purchase headache relief medicine to take with me. May I submit the cost of the medicine to my health care flexible spending account for reimbursement?
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