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Title: NY: state must offer same insurance rights for same-sex couples
Post by: Shana A on November 24, 2008, 07:31:10 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 24, 2008, 07:31:10 AM
NY: state must offer same insurance rights for same-sex couples (http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8377)
by: Pam Spaulding (http://pamshouseblend.com/userDiary.do?personId=2)
Mon Nov 24, 2008 at 06:00:00 AM EST
You can't get married yet in New Yoek, but if you were legally married elsewhere, couples are entitled to the same access to insurance as opposite-sex couples. (Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aFoHuwsYxwUw&refer=us)):e expect insurance companies to provide the same rights and benefits to all legally married couples, regardless of the sex of the spouses,'' Superintendent Eric Dinallo said today in an e-mailed statement. The decision follows an announcement by New York Governor David Paterson in May that state law requires agencies to honor out-of-state, same-gender marriages. A state Supreme Court judge in September dismissed a suit filed on behalf of state lawmakers who challenged Paterson's authority to issue the directive.
by: Pam Spaulding (http://pamshouseblend.com/userDiary.do?personId=2)
Mon Nov 24, 2008 at 06:00:00 AM EST
You can't get married yet in New Yoek, but if you were legally married elsewhere, couples are entitled to the same access to insurance as opposite-sex couples. (Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aFoHuwsYxwUw&refer=us)):e expect insurance companies to provide the same rights and benefits to all legally married couples, regardless of the sex of the spouses,'' Superintendent Eric Dinallo said today in an e-mailed statement. The decision follows an announcement by New York Governor David Paterson in May that state law requires agencies to honor out-of-state, same-gender marriages. A state Supreme Court judge in September dismissed a suit filed on behalf of state lawmakers who challenged Paterson's authority to issue the directive.