When Exactly Does Health Insurance Coverage End When You Leave A Job? 
This is a question you must ask of your employer or your employer 's HR department as the date of the termination of group health insurance coverage can vary depending upon the personnel policies of an employer . In today 's world the most common answer would indeed be that you will remain covered under your employer 's group plan through the end of the month . This is usually a reflection of the fact that most employees are contributing towards their health insurance coverage . However , there are still employer groups whose policy is to terminate coverage on the date that employment ends -LRB- though this is increasingly rare -RRB- . Any employee who is resigning or being terminated from their job should ask for a clear answer as to how long their coverage under the group 's existing health plan will continue . This is especially true of people who work for small businesses that do n't have a Human Resources department , personnel policies such as we are discussing here often get established as a consequence of implementing the group 's health insurance for the first time and it may be years later that your event is occurring and the original office administrator may have long since left themselves and the business owner may not recall what they said they wanted their policy to be in this regard . I have seen this scenario occur many tines . 