If you have had health insurance coverage through your spouse’s employment, after your divorce you will need to take action to maintain health insurance. To ensure that there will be no gap in your coverage, it is important to address this issue before your divorce is final. You need to find out if you will […]
THE DEBATE FOR EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR SAME-SEX SPOUSES IN CONNECTICUT
In recent years the same-sex marriage debate has heated up throughout the entire country. In Connecticut the state legislature recognized the right for same sex couples to marry and receive the same employment benefits as their heterosexual counterparts. However, in the case of a Connecticut nursing home employee, receiving these rights from her employer has […]
CONNECTICUT COURT RULES THAT MEDICAID INELIGIBILITY CAN BE CAUSED BY A SPOUSE’S TRUST FUND
At the beginning of June, the Connecticut Supreme Court handed down a ruling that presented another blow to already suffering Medicaid applicants. In a recent case the Connecticut Supreme Court held that the state government and its officials had the right to deny Medicaid coverage for nursing care services when the applicant has a spouse […]