For Brendan Doyle, it’s a matter of equal pay for equal work.
Doyle, 57, has been in a committed same-sex relationship for 21 years. As a high-level information management civil servant at the Environmental Protection Agency, he pays $120 a month for health insurance. His self-employed partner dishes out $700 for insurance with no prescription coverage.
Meanwhile, Doyle said his straight colleague in the next cubicle gets insurance covering his wife and two kids for $220. That means Doyle’s family must pay far more for less coverage than his colleague.
Joe Davidson - Benefits for Same-Sex Partners Focus of Senate Hearing - washingtonpost.com (via robot-heart, via notthatkindagay)
Ludicrous.
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