Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado
Same-Sex Domestic Partner Health Care Coverage Now Available Through Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield for Colorado Small Groups
Published in Health Insurance Law Weekly, August 12th, 2007
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is delivering some good news to the more than 142,000 Colorado small business owners. And, that's good news for their employees, too. Effective July 1 (for new groups) and August 1 (for existing groups), Anthem will begin offering same-sex domestic partner health care benefit coverage to small group employees and their dependents. While Anthem and other insurers currently offer this coverage to large group employers, to the company's knowledge it is the only health insurer in the state to provide coverage to the small group market.
"We know from the 2000 Census that same-sex couples reside in more than 99 percent of U.S. counties. This...
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