Same Sex Federal Parters To Get Access To More Healthcare Plans

Same-sex domestic partners of federal employees will get access to a longer list of healthcare plans in 2012.

This year, five plans offer coverage. Next year a dozen will. Domestic partners still must enroll on their own, and pay for their own coverage, GovExec reports. Also, premiums will mostly be at the individual rate not the group rate. The Office of Personnel Management has already announced average premium hikes of 3.5 percent for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.