cobra vrs medicaid?

[Guest marty]

We have an employee who is leaving and she has a son 22 who is physically and mentally disabled and covered by medicaid. She wants to continue coverage through COBRA when she leaves. Is her son also eligible to continue even though he is covered by Medicaid?

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[Guest kchristy]

Entitlement for Medicare benefits disqualifies a beneficiary from COBRA continuation, so the dependent child is not a qualifying beneficiary.