Obama administration opens Medicare to same-sex married couples

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Obama administration opens Medicare to same-sex married couples

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-administration-opens-medicare-same-sex-married-couples-154710685--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ge2V2Rb9xQeMvJZwzejdjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-03T154710Z_1_CBREA3217UX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>The Obama administration announced on Thursday that same-sex married couples can qualify for Medicare hospital and physician benefits for the first time. The decision, coming after a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a federal ban against same-sex marriage, allows the Social Security Administration (SSA) to determine the eligibility of married gay applicants to Medicare, the federal government's healthcare program for the elderly and the disabled. &quot;We are working together with SSA to process these requests in a timely manner to ensure all beneficiaries, regardless of sexual orientation, are treated fairly under the law,&quot; U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. CMS oversees the $635 billion Medicare program.</p><br clear="all"/>

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