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A relatively new health plan model could fail if key consumer education initiatives prove ineffective, according to a nonpartisan study.

More than one-third of surveyed employers offered a consumer driven health plan option in 2007, according to a recent benefits survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

COBRA does not apply to a group health plan for any calendar year if the employer maintaining the plan employed fewer than 20 employees on at least 50% of its w

Preexisting condition rules.

A federal law, the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA), requires that health plans with lifetime or annual limits on spending for medical or surgical services have

A cafeteria plan can take any one of a number of designs. Some typical cafeteria plan designs could include, for example:

Group health plans face notice and disclosure requirements involving:

An individual who wishes to receive continuing coverage must give notice of this to the small employer.

Conversion coverage.— An employee must complete the written application for the converted policy and pay the first premium payment to the insurer not later than

A federal law, the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA), requires that health plans with lifetime or annual limits on spending for medical or surgical services have

Conversion coverage.— A written application for coverage and the first premium payment for the converted policy must be forwarded to the insurer not later than

Termination of coverage.— The 30-day extension of coverage will terminate if the employee becomes entitled to similar insurance from another source (Sec. 4509).