Continuing Health Coverage Under COBRA
Health care and wellness program benefits for you, and your covered dependents, end as of the last day of the month in which you leave the firm. If you are currently enrolled in the Medical Plan (including the Medical Reimbursement Account [MRA]), Dental Plan, Vision Plan, or Health Care Spending Account, you may elect to continue this coverage for you and your covered dependents for up to 18 months by enrolling in the coverage available through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). Also under COBRA, you may elect to continue participating in certain wellness-related programs offered through a single "bundled" election, described under "What's Included with COBRA Medical Plan Coverage."
Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), you and your covered dependents have the right to continue health care coverage at your own expense for a certain period of time if your JPMorgan Chase-provided health care coverage ends because of certain circumstances—called "qualifying events."
Your covered dependents include your spouse and your eligible dependent children who are covered at the time of a qualifying event (your "qualified beneficiaries," as defined below). For domestic partners, JPMorgan Chase may provide COBRA-like health coverage if the domestic partner was covered under the JPMorgan Chase Medical Plan, Dental Plan, Vision Plan, and/or Employee Assistance Program at the time coverage ended.
COBRA coverage applies to the:
- The Medical Plan, including the Prescription Drug Plan, the MRA (see "The MRA and COBRA" for more information), Wellness Screenings at your doctor's office or qualifying labs and Tobacco Cessation program;
- Dental Plan;
- Vision Plan;
- Health Care Spending Account (through the end of the year in which the qualifying event occurs); and
- Onsite Health and Wellness Centers access, wellness screenings, tobacco cessation program and Employee Assistance Program as a bundled election, even if not electing any other benefits under COBRA.