Cobra insurance benefits for companies under 20 employees.

[Guest jenny pender]

I have been terminated from my job. How can I continue my insurance coverage under COBRA if the company where I worked had less than 20 employees?

[KIP KRAUS]

contact the insurer and ask about a conversion policy.

[KJohnson]

You should check your state's rules on continuation coverage (as well as conversion as Kip suggested). Here is a good web site sponsored by Georgetown University which gives a nice description of continuation/conversion and coverage rights under various state laws. It also gives telpehone numbers of state insurnace commissioners and the like.

http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/

(I am not sure if they are updating this site for state legislative changes)