'Obamacare' extends health care benefits to same-sex partners' children

On Friday, the administration published a proposed rule that would extend one of the health care law’s best-known provisions — allowing children to stay on their parents’ health plans until age 26 — to same-sex partners of federal workers.

The rule would extend eligibility in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program to the children of an enrollee’s same-sex partner. It also would extend coverage in the federal employees’ dental and vision insurance programs.

The Obama administration decision stemmed from a June 17, 2009, administration memorandum asking the Office of Personnel Management to provide certain benefits to federal employees’ same-sex domestic

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/23/1113014/-DOMA-Sally-Ride-s-Partner-of-27-Years-Denied-Federal-Benefits-Is-Romney-Smiling

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