Most federal programs and laws treat same-sex couples differently from married heterosexual couples. List two of these differences, according to the text
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.
1. Social Security pays survivor benefits to widows and widowers, but not to the surviving same-sex life partner of the deceased.
2. Married couples are eligible for Social Security spousal benefits.
3. 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.
4. Tax laws and other regulations of 401(k)s and pensions discriminate against same-sex partners—because they cannot legally marry in most states, the surviving partner would have to pay a 20 percent federal tax.
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