My family is on COBRA from my previous employer. My wife is starting a new job that includes health insurance. She has a contract that allows her or her employer to terminate the arrangement with 30 day notice. How long does she need to work before we would qualify for COBRA under the new health insurance plan.
COBRA is a federal law (not a separate insurance company) that requires employers with 20 or more employees to offer the same group health care coverage after you’ve voluntarily or involuntarily left your job. In order to qualify for COBRA coverage from your wife’s employer, she simply needs to be on their group health insurance before the last day of coverage.
Just to clarify though, being on her health insurance while she works there is your best option. On COBRA continuation, you pay 102% of the premium, whereas as an active employee the employer usually pays a large part of your premium.
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