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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000910

A federal law that gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances. These circumstances include voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in hours worked, transition between jobs, death, divorce, and other life events. COBRA generally applies to employers with 20 or more employees.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000910
FieldInsurance and risk management
SubjectEmployment Practices Liability
AbbreviationCOBRA
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000910",
  "term": "Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A federal law that gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances. These circumstances include voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in hours worked, transition between jobs, death, divorce, and other life events. COBRA generally applies to employers with 20 or more employees.",
  "abbreviation": "COBRA",
  "subject": "Employment Practices Liability",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/consolidated-omnibus-budget-reconciliation-act-of-1985-cobra/"
}

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