{"id":8955,"date":"2014-04-17T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2014-04-17T12:41:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T12:41:07","slug":"public-health-research-finds-marriage-equality-contributes-to-better-health-for-lgbt-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2014\/04\/public-health-research-finds-marriage-equality-contributes-to-better-health-for-lgbt-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage equality contributes to better health for LGBT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lgbthealth41714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8954\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lgbthealth41714-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"lgbthealth41714\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lgbthealth41714-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lgbthealth41714.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMp1400254\">The New England Journal of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0reports that data from Massachusetts\u00a0and California\u00a0indicate that marriage led to\u00a0fewer mental health care visits and expenditures for gay men and that it reduced psychological distress among LGBT\u00a0adults in legally recognized same-sex relationships.<P>Marriage also strengthens access to health insurance for the 220,000 children who are being raised by\u00a0same-sex parents in the United States.\u00a0Employers who offer health insurance to dependent children often require\u00a0that minors be related to the employee by birth, legal marriage, or legal adoption. \u00a0Of course, children with LGBT parents are left with diminished protections in states that deny legal marriages and adoptions\u00a0to same-sex couples.  Marriage equality remains an important health policy issue and relevant to the public policy goal of expanding access to health care\u00a0through employer-sponsored health plans. 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