The SSA/Medicare 'response form' is a robot-read form and does not clearly offer a chance to explain COBRA vs true 'employment based coverage'. I know from experience if you make a mistake filling out an ambiguous government form, you will pay hell to untangle the consequences later. So I'm planning on spending another half-day parked in the SS office, working to straighten this out. Have any other ERP folks tackled this yet? So far, Intel has been fair and prompt in all my ERP dealings but the government has been a pain. Will be calling both AYCO (who gave out the initial info) and Hewitt tomorrow for more help.
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Call Medicare--not the main number but the one for coordination of benefits. They should be able to straighten it out over the phone. COBRA does not qualify as active employment based healthcare.