Participants and Beneficiaries Receiving
PBGC Payments (1980-2001)
Single-Employer Program
- PBGC’s responsibility for paying pension benefits has increased substantially over the
past twenty-one years.
- In 2001, PBGC made periodic payments to more than 267,000 payees and lump
sum payments to almost 18,000 participants.
- An additional 246,000 individuals are eligible for future PBGC benefit payments.
Reference Table S-3 of the PBGC Pension Insurance Data Book 2001.
Sources: PBGC Participant System (PRISM), fiscal year calculations, PBGC Management Reports and PBGC Benefit Payment Reports.
Note: Payees are retired participants or their beneficiaries.
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