Author Question: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) a. requires pension plans to pay ... (Read 79 times)

Arii_bell · **on:** Aug 23, 2018

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

a. requires pension plans to pay widows the same benefits as their retired husbands.
b. allows women to keep their health insurance coverage under their husbands plans for up to three years after
divorce, separation, or widowhood.
c. requires the federal government to pay widows the same Social Security benefits that their husbands were
receiving at the time of the husbands death.
d. requires employers to pay women the same wage as men for the same work.

Question 2

Which statement is correct regarding widows?

a. They constitute about one-fourth of all women 65 and over.
b. They usually do not suffer a reduction in pension income when their retired spouse dies.
c. They qualify for the same Social Security benefit as their retired spouse when he dies.
d. They suffer about an 18 percent reduction in living standard when their husbands die.