Federal worker sues for same-sex spouse benefits
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage_federal_employees
"A federal employee in California is suing the Obama administration to force it to provide health benefits to her same-sex spouse.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told Karen Golinski that it was refusing to extend benefits to her wife because federal law prohibits the government from recognizing gay marriage."
Annoying. What gives, some federal employees get to provide benefits for an additional person while the unmarried don't? Either provide benefits only for the worker, or give all workers an option to provide additional benefits to a designated additional adult beneficiary of their choice.
The first option will increase the number of uninsured in this nation and hopefully lead to some sort of health care reform that's a hell of a lot better than what we have currently. The second option would seriously decrease the number of uninsured people as spouses who each have a job that provides benefits can sign their adult children or others up as their additional beneficiaries.
"A federal employee in California is suing the Obama administration to force it to provide health benefits to her same-sex spouse.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told Karen Golinski that it was refusing to extend benefits to her wife because federal law prohibits the government from recognizing gay marriage."
Annoying. What gives, some federal employees get to provide benefits for an additional person while the unmarried don't? Either provide benefits only for the worker, or give all workers an option to provide additional benefits to a designated additional adult beneficiary of their choice.
The first option will increase the number of uninsured in this nation and hopefully lead to some sort of health care reform that's a hell of a lot better than what we have currently. The second option would seriously decrease the number of uninsured people as spouses who each have a job that provides benefits can sign their adult children or others up as their additional beneficiaries.