In Florida can a domestic partner get health coverage?

Yes. In New York City, Health Net offers domestic partner coverage on all plans as of September 1, 2007.

Ameritas (dental and vision) Avmed Health plan (self-employed) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida New York Life Oxford Health Plan (self-employed)

This is determined by the employer who is paying the premiums for coverage. If there is a local domestic partnership registry available, then the requirement is usually a certificate of registration of domestic partnership. Otherwise, the requirement can be merely a notarized affidavit of domestic partnership in a format prescribed by the employer. Assuming the policy that has been purchased by the employer offers domestic partner coverage, then the insurance company will provide coverage to anyone that the employer says is the worker's domestic partner. The insurance company will then charge the employer more for that worker's coverage.

There is no mandate for domestic partner coverage in Texas. The following insurance companies voluntarily offer domestic partner coverage in Texas: Aetna, Ameritas, CIGNA, Great West Life, Guardian, Kaiser Permanente, Mutual of Omaha, New York Life and Health, Pacificare and United Healthcare. If you are looking to purchase a policy, they will have information for you. If you are looking for coverage through your employer, then you should know that employers in Texas are free to either provide or not provide domestic partner coverage. You should ask your HR department or union whether such coverage is available. Some municipal employers in Texas, such as the City of Dallas, offer DP coverage to eligible employees.

Probably not. New York City, for example, still maintains its domestic partnership registry. Most large employers have not eliminated their domestic partner benefits and insurance companies continue to sell domestic partner coverage.

Yes, if one of the domestic partners works for the state or for an employee who has voluntarily opted to provide domestic partner coverage. Keep in mind that no new domestic partnerships may be formed in New Jersey after February 19, 2007, since Civil Unions are now legal.

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life Group Health Northwest

Ameritas Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life Health Plan of Nevada New York Life and Health Pacificare

If this is a private policy that you have purchased on your own, then you can most certainly obtain domestic partner coverage, although you may have to change policies or even insurance providers. If this refers to coverage provided to you by your employer, then the answer is depends upon two factors: (1) whether your employer is willing to pay for the additional cost of coverage; and, (2) whether the current policy provides for domestic partner coverage. If the answer to both questions is yes, then it is your employer who determines what qualifies as a domestic partnership and they direct the insurance company to add your DP to the policy when you submit the applicable form.

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Aeritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health

Ameritas CIGNA Great West Life New York Life and Health Pacificare