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Same-sex partners struggle for health insurance (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: March 11,2011

Tags: Health Care, Insurance, same-sex

Shawna Kemppainen and Lisa Green want what other couples already have: the chance to take care of each other. Green has multiple sclerosis and is on several expensive medications. Thanks to domestic partner health benefits at Kemppainen’s work, she’s covered by insurance. The two know they’re fortunate. [...]

Insurance benefits: How to change the culture (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: March 11,2011

Tags: Health Care, Insurance, same-sex

It’s easy for businesses to offer domestic partner insurance benefits, as long as they follow a few legal — and cultural — steps. Most insurance companies, for example, offer domestic partner benefits. Kaiser Permanente was one of more than 300 companies to be recognized by the Human Rights Campaign for its equality efforts. Communication is [...] [...]

Focus: Obama thumbing nose at rule of law with same-sex benefits (access required)

by Rob Larimer Published: June 17,2009

Tags: same-sex

Focus on the Family officials said President Barack Obama’s decision to extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees undermines marriage as society’s most pro-child institution. They also said the president effectivly thumbed his nose at the rule of law with the announcement. “It’s a settled principle of moral tradition and social science that says [...] [...]

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