JLB

Thank you very much. Indeed there was a contract termination associated with the employee localizing to the foreign country.

The situation is that the employee has relocated to the international office and so their US contract was terminated. The employee was covered by an expat plan maintained in the US and was undergoing medical treatment in the US likewise covered under the plan. Now that the US contract has been terminated, the employee receives a health plan in their new country which only covers treatment in that country. In this instance does COBRA apply ? And naturally if yes, they could then maintain medical treatment in the US with the same level of coverage.

Is a US employee living abroad who recently localized off ex patriate assignment to local contract eligible for COBRA to maintain their US health insurance coverage? The employee had to terminate their employment with the US entity in order to localize and is eligible for the foreign health coverage which does not offer any coverage for the US home country.