Same-Sex Couples May Still Pay More for Health Coverage

March 25, 2010

As reported by Tara Siegel Bernard in The New York Times:

"While the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives in November included language that erased the tax, which applies to health insurance coverage offered to the domestic partners of employees, that provision didn’t make it into the legislation signed by President Obama.

"As it stands, employer-provided health benefits offered to domestic partners are counted as taxable income if the partner is not considered a dependent (the amount of the tax is based on the value of the partner’s coverage paid by the employer). Coverage extended to opposite-sex spouses, however, is not subject to the additional tax.

"'We are very disappointed this was the outcome,' said Brian Moulton, chief legislative counsel at the Human Rights Campaign."

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