Belgarath Posted October 6, 2020 Posted October 6, 2020 Does the CARES act provision for changing health insurance coverage mid-year apply to vision or dental insurance? In other words, in a premium only plan, are these coverages considered "health coverage" for this purpose, or does the revocation of existing health health coverage or electing to now be covered, only apply to "health insurance?"
Brian Gilmore Posted October 6, 2020 Posted October 6, 2020 @Belgarath "Employer-sponsored health coverage" refers to any group health plan in this context. So that includes dental and vision elections. The IRS has informally confirmed this. Note that the relaxed election change rules don't actually come from the CARES Act. They come from IRS Notice 2020-29: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-20-29.pdf Also note that any mid-year enrollment or plan option change outside of a standard §125 permitted election change event would have to be approved by the carrier (or stop-loss provider if self-insured). Easier said than done. hr for me, Dave Baker and Luke Bailey 3
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