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Monday, April 13, 2009

Health Insurance For Unmarried And Singles

By Todd Jones

Typically, and regrettably, employers do not generally extend the coverage to unwedded partners if they are offering health insurance coverage to the spouses of employees. Employers are not called for to extend health insurance to any employees, spouses, or "domestic partners." ERISA likewise doesn't help employers that provide health insurance for employees and legal dependents to cover domestic partners.

Domestic partner benefits are being extended by employers across the country in the last numerous years. The number of employers continues to grow recently. Large employers that have introduced domestic partner benefit plan in the recent months are being followed by small companies and this makes Employment experts anticipate that this new trend will continue.

Laws in favor of domestic partner rights have currently been passed by various States. Ordinances mandating businesses with municipal contracts to offer same-sex benefits for unmarried couples have been passed by States like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Recently, in Vermont, they recently achieved the country's first "civil union" law.

Benefits that the state's married couples are entitled with, are by this Law being extended to same-sex couples as well. As of now we can say that Prearrangements about health insurance are still being written and the result is still unknown.

The level of coverage varies depending on the employer when benefits are offered to domestic partners. Long-term care, group life insurance, family and bereavement leave, and the most common are, health, dental, and vision insurance which are included in the domestic partner benefits. The characterization of domestic partner might perhaps alter from employer to employer. Inclusion of same-sex couples, unmarried opposite-sex couples, and common law marriages is done by other companies.

Same-sex partners are covered by some employers only on the conditions that opposite-sex couples can receive spousal benefits by getting married, while same-sex couples do not have this option. How the term is being described is still not clear with employers so they make it mandatory for domestic partner to sign an affidavit which clearly states an assurance that they are in a lasting and committed relationship. In addition to that it can be possibly required by them that the couple live together for a specified period of time before they are qualified for the benefits a domestic partner can basically get. - 23211

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