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0 pointssecabeen7y ago0 comments

You can purchase your old benefit through FMLA for up to 36 months in an involuntary departure, but you pay 104% of the cost that previously was split between you and the employer.

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tyingq7y ago

" the cost that previously was split between you and the employer"

Employers usually pay at least half, so this doesn't change my 2x-4x range.

pkaye7y ago

What if your employer went bankrupt?

delinka7y ago

What does the cause matter? Company's dead, the employee "involuntarily departed."

dragonwriter7y ago

The cause matters because the right to individually buy into the existing employer-sponsored group health plan.

So, if the employer no longer exists, and the employer-sponsored health plan no longer exists, the right to buy in is meaningless.

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pandaman7y ago

It matters if it was a self-insured plan i.e. the company itself paid insurance claims.

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tyingq7y ago

" the cost that previously was split between you and the employer"

Employers usually pay at least half, so this doesn't change my 2x-4x range.

pkaye7y ago

What if your employer went bankrupt?

delinka7y ago

What does the cause matter? Company's dead, the employee "involuntarily departed."

dragonwriter7y ago

The cause matters because the right to individually buy into the existing employer-sponsored group health plan.

So, if the employer no longer exists, and the employer-sponsored health plan no longer exists, the right to buy in is meaningless.

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pandaman7y ago

It matters if it was a self-insured plan i.e. the company itself paid insurance claims.

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