Eligibility for Partner's Health Insurance: Many employers in Minnesota recognize domestic partnerships in their health insurance plans, allowing one partner to receive health coverage under the other's plan.
The benefits of a domestic partnership can include the ability to share health, dental, and vision insurance, visitation rights in case of hospitalization or incarceration, and certain employer benefits like adoption assistance.
Note that dependents under the new federal health reform law can stay on their parent's policy until they turn 26 years old. COBRA or continuation coverage, which would be available to you for up to 36 months. Sometimes this coverage can be expensive.
Eligibility for Partner's Health Insurance: Many employers in Minnesota recognize domestic partnerships in their health insurance plans, allowing one partner to receive health coverage under the other's plan.
Yes, under certain circumstances, with a requisite showing of financial interdependence, a domestic partner may be covered under a health insurance family contract in New York. However, the insurer is not obligated to cover a domestic partner. This coverage is permissive, rather than mandatory.