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Health Coverage to Rise After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Same-sex marriages taking place across the country may also lead to spouses getting health benefits, raising the amount of people with employer-sponsored health insurance.

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Herbert Clayson Cloete and Mark Chavez smile as they watch Jodie Flint, who officiated the "Big Gay Wedding" ceremony, sign their marriage license on July 4, 2015 in Austin.
Credit: Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune

Same-sex marriages taking place across the country may also lead to spouses getting health benefits, raising the amount of people with employer-sponsored health insurance. That would follow what happened when same-sex marriage became legal in New York in 2011, as a new study has found. (NPR)

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