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Starting in 2014, some Nebraska hospitals will cover same-sex couples
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131222/LIVEWELL26/131229745/1685#starting-in-2014-some-nebraska-hospitals-will-cover-same-sex-couples
By Bob Glissmann / World-Herald staff writer
Nebraska hospitals are starting to offer insurance benefits to same-sex couples, joining other large employers that have been doing so.
Hospitals in the combined Alegent Creighton Health/Catholic Health Initiatives Nebraska network, in the Methodist Health System and at the Omaha VA Medical Center will offer such benefits starting in 2014, health system officials said. The Alegent Creighton/CHI group has 16 hospitals and two inpatient behavioral health centers in Nebraska and Iowa. The Methodist system has three hospitals, two in Omaha and one in Council Bluffs.
The hospitals have thousands of employees in Nebraska and western Iowa — the Alegent Creighton/CHI group has 15,300, the Methodist system has nearly 3,800 and the VA med center has almost 1,400.
Officials aren't sure how many workers and their partners will be affected by the change, but national groups said the numbers are small and shouldn't add much cost for the employers.
FULL story at link.