Continuing Under COBRA

If you participate in the Boston University Health Plan, you have the right to elect to continue your coverage if you would otherwise lose it because of a change in your employment status or the termination of your employment (for reasons other than gross misconduct on your part). This right is called COBRA — the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.

If your spouse is a covered dependent under your family coverage with the Boston University Health Plan, he or she has the right to elect to continue coverage if it would otherwise end because of any of the following reasons (called qualifying events):

  • Your death
  • The termination of your employment (for reasons other than gross misconduct) or your becoming ineligible as a result of a reduction in your work hours
  • Your divorce or legal separation
  • Your entitlement and election to participate in Medicare

Your dependent children who are covered dependents under your family coverage with the Boston University Health Plan have the right to elect to continue their coverage if it would otherwise end because of:

  • Your death
  • The termination of your employment (for reasons other than gross misconduct) or reduction in your work hours
  • Your divorce or legal separation
  • Your entitlement and election to participate in Medicare
  • Your dependent ceasing to be a dependent child under the health plan