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President Obama, on Dec. 19, 2009, signed the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations Act which includes amendments to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that provided health care premium assistance for certain individuals. ARRA revised the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to require employers with COBRA-covered group health plans to pay 65 percent of health care premiums for up to nine months for assistance eligible individuals who lose health care coverage due to employees’ involuntary employment termination between Sept. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2009. The new law expands the duration of the 65 percent premium assistance from nine to 15 months, and extends premium assistance to individuals who lose health care coverage due to employees’ involuntary employment termination between Sept. 1, 2008, and Feb. 28, 2010.
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