posted by Attorney Monaco on Nov 12
By law, an employer is no longer obligated to provide health insurance coverage to an employee’s spouse once the employee and spouse are divorced. However, through a federal law called COBRA, the employer may be obligated to provide the option for the spouse to continue coverage on his/her own, albeit at a significantly higher rate typically. A party to a divorce case is usually required to maintain his/her spouse on employer-provided insurance during the pendency of the divorce case unless the spouse has other insurance available already.