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Question of the Week

Q.- We provide group term life insurance to our employees. The carrier allows employees to ‘buy up’ for an increased benefit. Do we include the life insurance plan in ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- Our health FSA plan has a carryover feature. When determining if a COBRA election has to be given to a terminated employee, do we include the carryover amount as ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We forgot to send a COBRA notice to an employee who terminated last year. What do we do?
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COBRA and Affordable Care Act Reporting

Employers should remember their COBRA continuants when reviewing ACA reporting. All individuals with health coverage, including COBRA continuants, should receive ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We offer our employees the option to purchase a “legal services” plan. The plan gives employees discounts on various legal services like drafting a will, negotiating ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- How long does a continuant have to elect COBRA coverage?
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COBRA Report for ACA

Cobra Control Services offers employers a self-service reporting tool that may help with Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance. Using the MyEnroll360 reporting tool, ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee had a court order requiring him to cover his son under our health plan. The employee showed us a new court order that says he is no longer required to ...
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Quality COBRA Service from BAS/CCS

Benefit Allocation Systems, LLC (“BAS”) has been providing COBRA administrative services for many years. In 2004, BAS established Cobra Control Services, LLC (“CCS”) as ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee who was enrolled in our health coverage quit. Do we have to give him the right to continue his medical coverage under COBRA or does a COBRA election have ...
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