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Title: Moderate Effects of Same-Sex Legislation on Dependent Employer-Based Insurance Coverage Among Sexual Minorities.

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2016

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DOI: 10.1177/1077558715625560

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PMID: 26762647

Abstract: A difference-in-difference approach was used to compare the effects of same-sex domestic partnership, civil union, and marriage policies on same- and different-sex partners who could have benefitted from their partners' employer-based insurance (EBI) coverage. Same-sex partners had 78% lower odds (Marginal Effect = -21%) of having EBI compared with different-sex partners, adjusting for socioeconomic and health-related factors. Same-sex partners living in states that recognized same-sex marriage or domestic partnership had 89% greater odds of having EBI compared with those in states that did not recognize same-sex unions (ME = 5%). The impact of same-sex legislation on increasing take-up of dependent EBI coverage among lesbians, gay men, and bisexual individuals was modest, and domestic partnership legislation was equally as effective as same-sex marriage in increasing same-sex partner EBI coverage. Extending dependent EBI coverage to same-sex partners can mitigate gaps in coverage for a segment of the lesbians, gay men, and bisexual population but will not eliminate them.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26762647

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Authors: Tran, Linda Diem

Periodical (Full): Medical care research and review : MCRR

Issue: 6

Volume: 73

Pages: 752-768

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Other

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