Monday, June 23, 2014

Fwd: A Healthy Respect for a ‘Complicated’ Family



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Dept. of Health & Human Services

I'm Covered Stories: A Healthy Respect for a 'Complicated' Family

Posted June 23, 2014
By Judy Sarasohn, Public Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services

Daryn DeZengotita, a self-employed social media strategist, was grateful that Celia Barshop's employer, a small nonprofit in Dallas, offered health insurance to domestic partners, but it came at a high cost to the two women.

Besides the expensive premium, it gnawed on Daryn that the benefit was taxed because under Texas law– even though Daryn and Celia have been together for 16 years and had adopted two brothers out of foster care – same-sex marriages are not legal. Health insurance benefits for legally married couples are not taxed.

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