March 14 (Bloomberg) – Insurers participating in Obamacare must cover same-sex married couples as families, the U.S. government said.
Separately, the government said a program for sick Americans who were denied insurance coverage before this year will be extended another month, through April.
The Obama administration is seeking to maximize insurance coverage ahead of a March 31 deadline to sign up for private plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare. The government has regularly adjusted the law's rules, including a decision last week to allow people with health plans that pre-date Obamacare to extend them through 2016. The decisions on married gay couples and the high-risk patient group are the latest such changes.
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