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The MRA and COBRA
If you had an MRA as an active employee, you can use any remaining balance in your MRA to pay for eligible out-of-pocket medical and prescription drug expenses through the end of the month in which you terminate or while enrolled in COBRA medical coverage.
If you enroll in COBRA medical coverage, you can continue to earn Wellness Rewards to increase the value of your MRA, up to the full annual MRA earnings amount (see "The MRA"" in The Core Medical Plan section and "The MRA" in The Simplified Medical Plan section ). While enrolled in COBRA:
  • Your MRA balances will roll over from one calendar year to the next; and
  • You can use any remaining balance in your MRA through automatic claim payment or debit card payment method depending on the method you elect.
  • Wellness Rewards are determined by the Medical Plan in which you are enrolled:
    • JPMC Core Medical Plan $1,000 or $1,400 if covering a spouse/domestic partner
    • JPMC Simplified Medical Plan $740 or $1,110 if covering a spouse/domestic partner
If you do not enroll in COBRA medical coverage, you cannot earn additional Wellness Rewards beyond your termination of employment. You can use your existing MRA funds to pay for out-of-pocket costs incurred prior to the end of the month of your termination date. For example, if you terminate as of January 5, 2022, any out-of-pocket medical and prescription drug expenses incurred through January 31, 2022, are eligible, but you must submit an MRA Claim Form by December 31, 2023, to receive a reimbursement. Any remaining MRA balance will be forfeited (unless you are retirement eligible in which case the balance remains intact and can be used to offset medical and prescription drug expenses until the account is depleted; administrative fees may be incurred).
If you completed the Initial Wellness Activity(ies) during the designated time frame in a given year, you will earn the corresponding wellness rewards in your MRA in January of the following year, presuming you are actively employed at that time or you elect COBRA Medical.
Those employees who terminate before the award date in mid-January and do not elect COBRA will not receive funds for completing the Initial Wellness Activity(ies).
If you elect COBRA medical coverage, no administrative fees are deducted from your MRA.