COBRA Plans for Retirees

Retirees are offered Cobra Continuation Coverage for medical, dental and vision coverage carried with Windstream as an active employee. The enrollment is managed by Businessolver.  A retiree can pick and choose from both the cobra options and retiree options, but a retiree cannot have double coverage for the same benefit.

If you were enrolled in Windstream’s medical, dental or vision plan on your last day of employment, you will receive notice of your eligibility to elect COBRA within 1-2 weeks after your employment ends. Once you receive your COBRA election paperwork, you can complete elections and submit payment as directed on the forms.  Businessolver can be contacted at 888-850-1712.

If you and any of your dependents are covered under a Windstream-sponsored group medical, dental or vision plan, your coverage will cease at the end of the month in which your termination of employment occurs. However, by law, you are entitled to continue group coverage (for you and your covered dependents) for up to 18 months beyond the date your coverage would otherwise cease.  (Coverage may be continued longer than 18 months in certain circumstances.) If you choose to continue coverage, you will pay the full cost of your coverage plus a 2 percent administrative fee. Qualified beneficiaries for COBRA coverage only include individuals who were covered by a group health plan on the day of termination and who were either an employee, the employee’s spouse, or the employee’s dependent child.