My divorce was final July 17, 2017. My health insurance was through my husbands employer and I have not received anything regarding my options to pick up Cobra. Should they have notified me by now? Was there anything that I should have done? There is nothing in our divorce decree regarding health insurance
You should have been notified about your rights to COBRA once the divorce was final. However, are you sure your now ex husband notified his employer that you are divorced? You might still be on his insurance if he did not tell them. Of course, this is fraud, so instead of waiting, you should contact the employer's HR department and check on this yourself. Also, you usually have a 30 day period when you are still covered, so since it is only slightly over 30 days maybe they are just behind.
The fact that your divorce decree does not reference the health insusrance only means that your husband has not agreed to provide further health coverage for you.
COBRA is typically expenive so you will also want to find out the cost and then consider pursuing other health insurance options for yourself. They are all awful, but I hope you find something that will serve your needs. If you send me a confidential email I can recommend someone who is very helpful in getting insurance for people in your situation.
Best of luck,
Cindy S. Vova
Law Office of Cindy S. Vova, P.a.
Broward/Boca Raton
info@vovalaw.com
954-316-3496/561-962-2785
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