All of the federal programs and laws below treat same-sex couples differently from married heterosexual couples, EXCEPT:
a) Social Security pays survivor benefits to widows and widowers, but not to the
surviving same-sex life partner of the deceased.
b) Married couples are eligible for Social Security spousal benefits, which can allow
them to earn half their spouse's Social Security benefit if it is larger than their
own. Unmarried partners are ineligible for spousal benefits.
c) Medicaid regulations protect the assets and homes of married spouses when the
other spouse enters a nursing home or long-term care facility; no such protections are offered to same-sex partners.
d) Inheritance laws allow married couples to leave their assets to a spouse upon their
death; however no such protections are offered to same-sex partners.
e) If a person with a 401(k) pension plan dies, the money rolls over to a legal spouse
without any tax penalty. However, since gays and lesbians cannot legally marry in
most states, the surviving partner would have to pay a 20 percent federal tax.
D
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