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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( COBRA) is a law passed by the U.S. Congress on a reconciliation basis and signed by President Ronald Reagan that, among other things, mandates an insurance program which gives some employees the ability to continue health insurance coverage after leaving employment.
Cobra is the common name of various venomous snakes, most of which belong to the genus Naja. Many cobras are capable of rearing upwards and producing a hood when ...
Perverse incentive. A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers. The cobra effect is the most direct kind of perverse incentive, typically because the incentive unintentionally rewards people for making the issue worse.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ( EMTALA) [1] is an act of the United States Congress, passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare to provide an appropriate medical screening examination (MSE) for anyone ...
COBRA. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) is a program that provides temporary continuation of health coverage for individuals who lose their employer-sponsored health ...
King cobra. The king cobra ( Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake endemic to Asia. The sole member of the genus Ophiophagus, it is not taxonomically a true cobra, despite its common name and some resemblance. With an average length of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft) and a record length of 5.85 m (19.2 ft), [2] it is the world's longest ...
The Indian cobra ( Naja naja ), also known commonly as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra, a venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent, and is a member of the "big four" species that are responsible for the most snakebite cases in India.
COBRA (art movement) CoBra member Karel Appel working on a mural in Rotterdam for the Manifestation E55. COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group [1] active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co ...