Wal-Mart, America's single-biggest employer outside of the U.S. federal government, has announced that in 2014 it will begin offering health care benefits to employees' domestic partners.
This comes on the heels of both the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period, which begins Oct. 1. In preparation for increased costs to employers, some companies have begun placing limits on who will and will not be covered under sponsored health care plans.
Last week, UPS announced that spouses of non-union employees would no longer qualify for company-sponsored health insurance if they could obtain coverage through their own jobs.
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