Health Benefits Advisor

Information for Uninsured Persons

If you have become, or are about to become, uninsured, certain events that resulted in your loss of coverage under a group health plan may trigger your right to elect COBRA continuation coverage, which would continue coverage under that plan for a limited period. In addition, certain events may trigger your right to coverage under a group health plan sponsored by an employer, employee organization (such as a union), or both that currently covers a family member.

If one of the following events is about to occur or has recently occurred, click on that event to reach an explanation of how you and/or your family may be eligible for coverage under a group health plan or a government sponsored health program:

• Marriage
• Childbirth or Adoption
• First Job/Re-entering Workforce
• Changing Jobs
• Legal Separation and Divorce
• Death of a Covered Employee
• Child's Loss of Dependent Child Status
• Eligibility for Medicare
• Reduction in Hours
• Job Loss
• Retirement
• Disability