The DOL is encouraging employees to file their COBRA appeals application online. The application, however, can also be printed and faxed or mailed to the DOL.
The agency “will not review your denial until you submit a properly completed application form. A separate application(s) must be completed for any family member whose plan information is not identical to the information you provide,” officials note. During the appeals review process, investigators may need to share information on the application with the worker’s employer or plan administrator.
Three months after ARRA put the burden of an immediately effective COBRA subsidy in employers' laps, we catch up with Peter Marathas of Proskauer Rose to find out what implementation issues employers are still facing — and if he thinks the subsidy will be extended past the December 31 cutoff date.
