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Not a Priority
IGF Culture Watch 4 days ago
by Stephen H. Miller
The House-passed health care bill included one decent provision that would have extended the tax exclusion on employer-provided health benefits that spouses receive to domestic partners (or, actually, "any eligible beneficiary," as the House bill put it, in an effort to achieve that end).
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Obama Administration Ordered to Give Benefits to Lesbian Partner
Google Lesbian News / EDGE Boston 4 days ago
Obama Administration Ordered to Give Benefits to Lesbian PartnerEDGE BostonA federal judge ordered the Obama administration to abide by his ruling and provide health benefits for the female spouse of a lesbian .
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Federal LGBT Equality Advances
Outtake Online 6 days agoToday the House Oversight & Government Reform Committeepassed the Domestic Partners Benefits & Obligations Act (H.
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Lambda Legal sues because health care isn't a luxury
Bilerico 6 days ago
A few months ago, saying they needed to cut spending, the state of Arizona rescinded domestic partner benefits for same-sex partners of state employees.
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Lambda Legal files suit to prevent Ariz. from stripping domestic partner benefits
365 Gay Politics Nov 17 09From Lambda Legal:
(Tuscon, Ariz.) Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tucson to block a move to strip domestic partner benefits from gay and lesbian state employees.
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Winning Combination?
Kenneth in the 212 Nov 13 09
Mmm, it looks like Starbucks could use a staff editor. And I could go for a discount on lattes .
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Must read: NY Times reports on financial penalties of being a gay couple
Qnews Nov 11 09
The New York Times blog called “Bucks: Making the Most of Your Money” has highlighted a Times story on the added costs of being a gay couple.
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Health Care Bill Seeks End to D.P. Penalty
Advocate Nov 09 09A proposal to end the tax on employer-provided domestic partner health benefits was included in the bill that passed the house on Saturday night.
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Good Going, Stranger
Kenneth in the 212 Nov 08 09
Kudos to Rep. Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, whose who proposed a change to same-sex health benefits so that we don't pay taxes straight people pay when adding spouses saying it would “correct a longstanding injustice, end a blatant inequity in the tax code and help make health care coverage more affordable for more Americans.
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The Hippy Conservative: Gay Benefits in Health Bill
Google Gay News / Tips-Q GLBT News (blog) Nov 07 09
NJ.com
The Hippy Conservative: Gay Benefits in Health BillTips-Q GLBT News (blog)According to the New York Times: "Supporters of gay rights have long been trying to change the tax treatment of health benefits provided by employers to the .
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Nutrition Labeling and Gay Benefits in Health Bill
Google Gay News / New York Times Nov 07 09
Nutrition Labeling and Gay Benefits in Health BillNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Lower taxes for gay couples who receive health benefits from employers.
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Help Ensure Health Care Reform Includes LGBT Families!
Queers United Nov 06 09We are at an unprecedented point in the process of national health care reform: the House of Representatives plans to vote TOMORROW, November 7, on its reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.
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Alabama Lawmaker Wants to Cut Off Domestic Partner Benefits
Towleroad Nov 06 09Saying the University of Alabama Birmingham's policy of offering health benefits to same-sx partners runs counter to the state's ban on same-sex marriage, state lawmaker DuWayne Bridges has been gathering support for a proposal to block the benefits, the Birmingham.
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Must read: Report – Health care reform benefits could be blocked by DOMA
Qnews Nov 05 09
Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson reports that the health care reform bill unveiled Monday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could could restrict benefits from flowing to LGBT people.
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Fed DOMA may leave LGBT couples out in the cold re: health care reform benefits
Pams House blend Nov 05 09Here we go again -- as the House vote on the $894 billion health care reform plan is looming on Saturday, a teensy problem affecting LGBTs seems to have cropped up in the language of the bill that will leave eligibility at the whim and interpretation of the Health Choices Commissioner position.
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GOP Senator Tom Coburn using secret hold to block bill on veterans benefits
America Blog Nov 04 09We always knew "support the troops" didn't really mean anything to Republicans. It was a slogan, nothing more.
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AL: legislator calls for UAB to reverse decision on partner health benefits
Pams House blend Oct 30 09
Talk about slow on the uptake. Was the anti-gay contingent in the Alabama legislature asleep at the wheel? Last week the news broke that the University of Alabama-Birmingham will extend health care benefits to same-sex partners of employees in order to increase its recruiting appeal to quality candidates.
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British NHS lauds Wii Fit Plus for flabby bum-busting potential
EnGadget Oct 27 09
You know, we've been pretty skeptical about the whole "fit" part of the "Wii Fit" phenomenon, and for good reason: as studies have shown, the health benefits of gaming, whether you're sitting, standing, or faux-bowling, are minimal at best.
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FDA is back in business
America Blog Oct 23 09Paying attention to thinking about consumers again? What a crazy idea!
The Smart Choices nutrition labeling program, created voluntarily by nine large U.
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U of Alabama considering domestic partnership benefits
365 Gay News Oct 22 09The Univeristy of Alabama is considering providing health benefits to the domestic partners of employees, though administrators want to be sure such benefits would be legal.
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