Locate Your QELs in MyEnroll360
Did you know that when you process a COBRA or Continuation of Coverage qualifying event letter in MyEnroll360 it is available for download on the next business day?
Question of the Week - COBRA and Medicare
Q.- We have a COBRA participant who also has Medicare (he was enrolled in Medicare before his COBRA qualifying event). Does our plan pay primary benefits for him or does Medicare
Q.- We have a COBRA participant who also has Medicare (he was enrolled in Medicare before his COBRA qualifying event). Does our plan pay primary benefits for him or does Medicare pay first?
A.- Medicare pays first. Medicare would pay second for an active employee, but this individual’s coverage is not due to his active employment status. He has coverage because of a legal requirement (the COBRA law), not because of his employment.
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