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John Harris said: "Maybe someone better at running numbers can say if financially it would be a benefit for simple friends to get married to gain health benefits."
I've been heard anecdotally about many people remaining legally married while being separated and searching out new spouses, precisely so they could retain the insurance benefits. So I assume this is already happening now, just between mixed-sex couples and then primarily between those who have already had children. Given the current cost of divorce, I'm not sure if we will see a rash of people signing up to be married for the insurance. After all, I haven't seen a rash of opposite sex people getting married for the insurance, and most people have at least one friend of the opposite sex who might be a candidate for such.
I think the insurance issue is a non-argument. I think a heterosexual couple with 1 to 10 children will be a bigger strain on the insurance system than two people who never plan to have sex with one another, much less kids.
Mary Baker East Side
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